museum piece

Example Sentences

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Even so, the vitality of “Threepenny” depends on intervention and adaptation; it can never be performed, as it too often has been, as a museum piece.

From New York Times

With its walls charred, the building is enclosed behind chain-link fence, like a museum piece on display for curious, or confused, passersby.

From Washington Post

Let’s be honest; as the rest of the Lower 48 realize, the real museum piece is Big Timber itself and its practice of industrial clear cutting.

From Seattle Times

As the idea of a Forest Carbon Reserve gathers momentum here in Alaska, among fishermen on the docks, lodge operators and wilderness guides, the remnants of Big Timber — Alcan Forest Products, Viking Lumber Company — have started to fret that the Tongass might become a lockbox, or a museum piece.

From Seattle Times

“It’s different. In fact, it’s bizarre enough to become a museum piece. But its sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of distinction and general entertainment value.”

From Washington Post