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Museum
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English
Etymology
en la Mūsēum, from en grc Μουσεῖον, from 1 grc Μοῦσα<t:Muse> -εῖον<pos:noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”>.
en Muse -eum.
Proper noun
1
en Mouseion the Mouseion
en The American Journal of Education The Museum was thoroughly regarded in the light of an important institution of the state, and after the subjugation of Egypt by the Romans continued to be maintained by the Emperors. 510 1873 https://books.google.fr/books?id=qmVLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA510
en 1893 Littell's Living Age Alexander never lived to see the city completed but most of the celebrated bildings we know so well by name—the Museum, Soma, Library, Gymnasium, etc.—were the work of the architect he had chosen [...]. / [...] / The Museum, the home of the Muses, was in shadow reproduced by our mediæval universities—not a place where collections of relics of the past were stored up, but where students of literature, science, or art, whether as teachers or taughts, lived together in an atmosphere of intellectual luxury. Alfred E. P. Raymund Dowling 179 https://books.google.com/books?id=Rixid7P4v5sC&pg=PA179 A Walk in Alexandria
en 1894 The Alexandrian Library and Museum The Columbia Literary Monthly 3 3 107 https://books.google.com/books?id=pi9GAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Under Roman supremacy the Museum seems to have developed into a place for higher education, studious youths flocking thither from all parts of the world to enjoy the unrivalled facilities for research which Alexandria offered, and the famous medical school, founded by Hierophilus, still flourished long after other characteristic features of intellectual life had disappeared.
German
Etymology
de :bor la:mūsēum
de la mūsēum library, study, from de grc Μουσεῖον, shrine of the Muses (grc Μοῦσα).
Pronunciation
de /muˈzeːʊm/
de De-Museum.ogg Germany
de De-at-Museum.ogg Austria das Museum /das‿muˈzeːʊm/
de De-Museum2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,,Museen
museum building or institution dedicated to the protection and exhibition of items with scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value
Declension
n,,Museen
Hyponyms
de Architekturmuseum Automobilmuseum Automuseum Bahnhofmuseum Bergmuseum Bergbaumuseum Bezirksmuseum Bildermuseum Designmuseum Diözesanmuseum Dorfmuseum Eisenbahnmuseum Erlebnismuseum Erotikmuseum Fahrradmuseum Feuerwehrmuseum Filmmuseum Firmenmuseum Freilandmuseum Freilichtmuseum Freiluftmuseum Gebirgsmuseum Geldmuseum Gewerbemuseum Glasmuseum Grenzmuseum Heimatmuseum Industriemuseum Karikaturmuseum Kartenmuseum Keltenmuseum Kindermuseum Kirchenmuseum Kolonialmuseum Kreismuseum Kriminalmuseum Krippenmuseum Kunstmuseum Landesmuseum Literaturmuseum Luftfahrtmuseum Meeresmuseum Militärmuseum Modemuseum Motorradmuseum Nationalmuseum Naturkundemuseum Oldtimermuseum Popmuseum Postmuseum Privatmuseum Puppenmuseum Radmuseum Regionalmuseum Römermuseum Schifffahrtsmuseum Schlossmuseum Schnappsmuseum Schmuckmuseum Schulmuseum Spielzeugmuseum Stadtmuseum Technikmuseum Textilmuseum Theatermuseum Töpfermuseum Uhrenmuseum Universitätsmuseum Urgeschichtemuseum Verkehrsmuseum Völkerkundemuseum Webmuseum Zentralmuseum Zweiradmuseum
Derived terms
de Museologie Museologe Museumsaufseher Museumsbahn Museumsbau Museumsberg Museumsbestand Museumsbesuch Museumsbesucher Museumsbetrieb Museumsbibliothek Museumsbund Museumsdiener Museumsdirektor Museumsdorf Museumseisenbahn Museumsführer Museumsgarten Museumsgebäude Museumsgelände Museumsgeschichte Museumsgesellschaft Museumsgründer Museumshafen Museumshof Museumsinsel Museumskatalog Museumskomplex Museumskonzept Museumskunde Museumskurator Museumsladen Museumslandschaft Museumsleiter Museumsleitung Museumslok Museumsmagazin Museumsmitarbeiter Museumspädagogik Museumsplatz Museumspreis Museumsquartier Museumsschiff Museumsshop Museumsstiftung Museumsstück Museumstür Museumsverbund Museumsverein Museumsverkehr Museumswächter Museumswagen Museumswärter Museumswesen Museumszentrum Museumszug
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