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Archive vs Museum - What's the difference?

archive | museum |

As nouns the difference between archive and museum

is that archive is a place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest while museum is a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

As a verb archive

is to put into an archive.

archive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  • The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
    • His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

    Derived terms

    () * archival * archivist * national archive

    Verb

    (archiv)
  • To put into an archive.
    • I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.

    museum

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (wikipedia museum) (en-noun)
  • A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

    • Related terms

    * museography * museology * museophile * museum beetle * museum pest