"imaginary museum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imaginary museums [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French musée imaginaire. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|musée imaginaire}} Calque of French musée imaginaire Head templates: {{en-noun}} imaginary museum (plural imaginary museums)
  1. A person's essential or favorite works of art, regarded as a collection that could be brought together as a single ideal museum for that person.
    Sense id: en-imaginary_museum-en-noun-Szr6LFVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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