Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of museum
"The city has three new museums dedicated to local history, art, and science."
In plain English: Museums are buildings where people keep and show special items from history or nature for others to see.
"The children spent the whole afternoon exploring the local museums."
Usage: Use museums to refer collectively to buildings or institutions dedicated to preserving and displaying objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interest. You should not use the word as a verb; instead, say that people visit museums or curate collections within them.
Derived from the Ancient Greek mousaion, this term originally referred to temples dedicated to the Muses, the goddesses of the arts and sciences. It later evolved in Latin as museum before becoming pluralized into English to denote institutions housing collections of art or artifacts.