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
“He is not merely a museum piece, but a man,” one archaeologist told The Age in 1956.
From National Geographic • Feb. 6, 2024
The show wasn’t meant to just be a museum piece.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023
It’s that split personality — Brillo box or sculpture called “Brillo Box”; sacred icon or landmark painting; investment or museum piece — that gives fArt its charge.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
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
