museum

Etymology

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

noun

1. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
   visit the history museum
   They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To place in a museum.
   I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are. 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery
   Such museuming provides evidence that the Gulf has started building up its defences to protect its national culture, which might be seen as threatened by modern, global societies. 2016, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Victoria Hightower, Representing the Nation, page 77
2. (intransitive, colloquial) To visit museums.
   I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming. 2014, Robin Reardon, Educating Simon, page 212