museum

Definitions


[mjʊˈziːəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited
(e.g: the Museum of Modern Art)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (denoting a university building, specifically one erected at Alexandria by Ptolemy Soter): via Latin from Greek mouseion ‘seat of the Muses’, based on mousa ‘muse’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries