museum piece
Example Sentences
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It closed in 1981 before the surface site was turned into a museum piece three years later.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“Anderson’s sources — and Anderson — argued that it was really a museum piece, a relic,” Bennett said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024
“He is not merely a museum piece, but a man,” one archaeologist told The Age in 1956.
From National Geographic • Feb. 6, 2024
This isn’t Mozart as a museum piece, porcelain to be handled with delicacy.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Gluck was armed with an incredibly heavy musket, a singleshot museum piece with an octagonal barrel and a smooth bore.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
