English word senses marked with topical category "Museums"

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Total 33 word senses

• Hagia Sophia (Proper name) A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, (historical) the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 1935–2020.
• Louvre (Proper name) A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.
• Tower of London (Proper name) A riverside fortress in London, used as a palace, a prison and now a museum housing the Crown Jewels.
• Uffizi (Proper name) A major museum and art gallery in Florence, Italy.
• antimuseum (Adjective) Opposing museums.
• cybermuseum (Noun) A museum that exists only in cyberspace or on the Internet.
• deaccession (Noun) The disposal of objects in this way, or the disposed object itself.
• ecomuseum (Noun) A museum, often consisting of replica buildings in an outdoor setting, that shows the heritage of a particular locality or community
• gallery (Noun) A level or drive in a mine.
• gallery (Noun) Short for gallery forest.
• insectarium (Noun) A type of live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects and similar arthropods.
• living museum (Noun) A type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history; a museum which incorporates living history.
• minimuseum (Noun) A small museum.
• multimuseum (Adjective) Of or pertaining to more than one museum.
• museographical (Adjective) Relating to museography.
• museography (Noun) The description of museum collections.
• museology (Noun) The design, organization, and management of museums.
• museophile (Noun) One who loves museums.
• museum (Verb) To visit museums.
• museum piece (Noun) An item worthy of being kept by a museum.
• museumgoer (Noun) A person who visits a museum
• museumgoing (Adjective) Visiting a museum or museums, especially habitually or regularly.
• museumgoing (Noun) Visiting a museum or museums.
• museumification (Noun) The process of conversion into a museum.
• museumobile (Noun) A vehicle that operates as a mobile museum.
• museumwide (Adjective) Throughout a museum.
• museumwide (Adverb) Throughout a museum.
• musæum (Noun) Archaic spelling of museum.
• nonmuseum (Adjective) Not of or pertaining to a museum.
• open-air museum (Noun) A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.
• planetarium (Noun) A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.
• science center (Noun) An organization, location, or virtual location where science is done or exhibited, either professionally or educationally.
• wax museum (Noun) A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.

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