Hypertext Webster Gateway: "museum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Museum \Mu*se"um\, n. [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place
of study, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a Muse.]
A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or
literary curiosities, or of works of art.
{Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Anthrenus}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
museum
n : a depository for collecting and displaying objects having
scientific or historical or artistic value
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