museums

Definition of museums in English English dictionary: plural of museum
museum: A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value
open air museums: plural form of open air museum
wax museums: plural form of wax museum
museum: {n} a repository of curiosities, a library local
Vatican Museums and Galleries: Institutions and papal palaces in Vatican City housing the art collections of the popes since the beginning of the 15th century. Among the many separate museums are the 18th-century Pio-Clementino Museum, which exhibits the collection of Classical sculpture that originated in 1503-13 with Julius II; the exhibition rooms in the Vatican Library; and the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican collections are most famous for their Classical statues (including Apollo Belvedere, Belvedere Torso, and Laocoön) but also contain important examples of Egyptian and early Christian art. The Pinacoteca ("Picture Gallery"), founded by Pius VI in 1797, contains Italian religious paintings and Russian and Byzantine art. In 1956 a modern-art collection was begun with secular works by such artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. The Vatican collections are among the largest and most important in the world
museum: The most celebrated are the British Museum in London; the Louvre at Paris; the Vatican at Rome; the Museum of Florence; that of St Petersburg; and those of Dresden, Vienna, Munich, and Berlin A walking museum So Longinus, author of a work on The Sublime, was called (A D 213-273 )
museum: a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
museum: A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art
museum: A museum is a building where a large number of interesting and valuable objects, such as works of art or historical items, are kept, studied, and displayed to the public. For months Malcolm had wanted to visit the Parisian art museums. the American Museum of Natural History. a building where important cultural, historical, or scientific objects are kept and shown to the public (Mouseion, from Mousa; MUSE). Public institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humans and their environment. Types of museums include general (multidisciplinary) museums, natural-history museums, science and technology museums, history museums, and art museums. In Roman times the word referred to a place devoted to scholarly occupation (see Museum of Alexandria). The public museum as it is known today did not develop until the 17th-18th century. The first organized body to receive a private collection, erect a building to house it, and make it publicly available was the University of Oxford; the resulting Ashmolean Museum opened in 1683. The 18th century saw the opening of great museums such as the British Museum, Louvre, and Uffizi Gallery. By the early 19th century the granting of public access to formerly private collections had become common. What followed for the next 100 years was the worldwide founding of museums intended for the public. In the 20th century, museums have broadened their roles as educational facilities, sources of leisure activity, and information centres. Many sites of historical or scientific significance have been developed as museums. Museum attendance has increased greatly, often attracted by "blockbuster" exhibitions, though museums have had to become more financially resourceful due to constraints in public funding. Alexandria Museum of Old Museum of Painting American Museum of Natural History British Museum Getty Museum J. Paul Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Hermitage museum Louvre Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Prado Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Vatican Museums and Galleries
museum: {i} place where objects of value or significance (historical, scientific, or artistic) are kept and displayed to the public
museum: The Cadillac Historical Museum officially opened on 27 Oct 1990 on the third floor of the manufacturing building at the Clark Street plant in Detroit Plans had begun in 1988 The museum was in the process of moving to new premises in Warren, in Sept 1994, after Cadillac had moved all its operations to that area of N Detroit The new museum was scheduled to be in its new premises in November 1994 (Article CLC 1/90, pp 10-11, also CLC 10/94, p 9)
museum: An institution for exhibiting artistic, historical, or scientific objects
museum: "Non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment " [according to the ICOM (The International Council of Museums)] Besides the exhibition and conservation labours there are research and extension labours through out foundations and other organisms; workshops, courses, seminars and media collaboration
museum: Means a public or private nonprofit institution which is organized on a permanent basis essentially for educational or esthetic purposes and which, using a professional staff, owns or uses tangible objects, whether animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits them to the public on a regular basis either free or at a nominal charge
museum: Any institution or state or local government agency (including any institution of higher learning) that receives federal funds and has possession of, or control over, Native American cultural items Such term does not include the Smithsonian Institution or any other federal agency (25 U S C 3001 8)
museum: (derived from the Latin muses, meaning 'a source of inspiration', or 'to be absorbed in one's thoughts') A building, place or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical or artistic value
museum: Generic top-level domain reserved for museums