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museum

noun as in place for viewing artifacts or

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As often happens at the site, located outside the city’s main art museum and decorated with sculptures honoring the victims, many attendees stood silently in tears.

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So the TiVo and ReplayTV boxes that once identified their owners as early adopters of a new video technology have become candidates for museums of obsolete gizmos.

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Those rooms are also expected to thematize the museum’s diverse permanent collection of art’s global history.

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Austrian Expressionists, including masters like Klimt and Schiele, “had no reputation outside of Austria then,” Jane told The Times, adding that Kallir built them up “by collaborating with museums and donating to museums.”

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Several items, described as "irreplaceable" by the boss of the museum, were stolen from a display case and are yet to be found.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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