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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / myuˈzi əm /


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We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare for the future.

From Los Angeles Times

A Treasury spokesperson said that, without the long-standing scheme, "public museums and galleries would face a substantial commercial insurance premium, which would be significantly less cost effective".

From BBC

It is being displayed at the museum as part of a cultural exchange announced in the summer.

From BBC

This spectacularly important museum, inexplicably omitted from the Tourist Office map, is only a short walk from the famed Jewish quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Visitors to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami are given an introduction to this singular process in “Masaomi Yasunaga: Traces of Memory,” the artist’s first major U.S. museum exhibition.

From The Wall Street Journal