English word senses marked with topical category "Museums"
Parent categories: Art, Businesses, Tourism, Culture, Business, Travel, Society, Economics, Human activity, Transport, Social sciences, Human behaviour, Sciences, Human
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 (Verb) To officially remove an object from a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold.
- 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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