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museum | museumlike |

As a noun museum

is a museum.

As an adjective museumlike is

resembling a museum; especially, full of antiquities or memorabilia.

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

    museumlike

    English

    Alternative forms

    *museum-like

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a museum; especially, full of antiquities or memorabilia
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Peter Applebome, What Hartford Lost When It Lost Its Mayor Mike, New York Times citation
    • , passage=So when Greg Sargis and Joan Davey were trading Mayor Mike stories Friday at the fire marshal's office in Hartford's museumlike Fire Department headquarters, they could have been channeling discussions held all over town. }}