# museum
## English
### Alternative forms

* musæum (archaic)

### Etymology

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjəˈziːəm/
* (General American) IPA: /mjuˈziəm/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (US, dialectal) IPA: /mjuˈzæm/, [mjuˈzɛəm]
* (Indic) IPA: /ˈmjuːziəm/
* Rhymes: -iːəm

### Noun

museum (plural museums or musea)
* A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
    visit the history museum
    They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.

#### Usage notes

The plural "musea" has always been very rare in English.

#### Derived terms

* antimuseum
* cybermuseum
* dime museum
* ecomuseum
* geomuseum
* imaginary museum
* living museum
* minimuseum
* multimuseum
* museomics
* museum beetle
* museumed out
* museumesque
* museum-goer
* museumgoer
* museumgoing
* museumification
* museumify
* museumist
* museumization
* museumize
* museumless
* museumlike
* museumobile
* museum pest
* museum piece
* museum problem
* museum restoration
* museumwide
* museumworthy
* nonmuseum
* open air museum
* open-air museum
* wax museum

#### Related terms

* museography
* museology
* museophile

#### Descendants

* → Malay: muzium

#### Translations
### Verb

museum (third-person singular simple present museums, present participle museuming, simple past and past participle museumed)
* (ambitransitive) To place in a museum.
** 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery:I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are.
** 2016, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Victoria Hightower, Representing the Nation, page 77:Such museuming provides evidence that the Gulf has started building up its defences to protect its national culture, which might be seen as threatened by modern, global societies.
* (intransitive, colloquial) To visit museums.
** 2014, Robin Reardon, Educating Simon, page 212:I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming.

### References

* “museum, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, May 2022: “Brit. /mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjᵿˈziːəm/, U.S. /mjuˈziəm/”

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch museum, from Latin museum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

museum (plural museums)
* museum

#### Hyponyms

* kunsmuseum
* ooplugmuseum

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: [muˈsɛːɔm]

### Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)
* museum

#### Declension
### References

* “museum” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin museum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmyˈzeː.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mu‧se‧um

### Noun

museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)
* museum

#### Hyponyms

* anderhalvemetermuseum
* architectuurmuseum
* automuseum
* baggermuseum
* bombardementsmuseum
* buitenmuseum
* collectioneursmuseum
* fietsenmuseum
* filmmuseum
* fotografiemuseum
* fotomuseum
* gemeentemuseum
* gevangenismuseum
* glasmuseum
* hennepmuseum
* Holocaustmuseum
* homomuseum
* internetmuseum
* jongerenmuseum
* kernmuseum
* kindermuseum
* kostuummuseum
* kunstmuseum
* leesmuseum
* legermuseum
* luchtvaartmuseum
* marinemuseum
* mijnmuseum
* modemuseum
* molenmuseum
* muziekmuseum
* natuurmuseum
* omroepmuseum
* onderwijsmuseum
* oorlogsmuseum
* oosterscheldemuseum
* openluchtmuseum
* persmuseum
* pop-upmuseum
* postmuseum
* privémuseum
* Rijksmuseum
* rijksmuseum
* satellietmuseum
* scheepvaartmuseum
* schilderijenmuseum
* schoolmuseum
* sorrymuseum
* speelgoedmuseum
* spoorwegmuseum
* sportmuseum
* staatsmuseum
* stadsmuseum
* streekmuseum
* stripmuseum
* textielmuseum
* theatermuseum
* toneelmuseum
* topmuseum
* trammuseum
* tropenmuseum
* universiteitsmuseum
* veiligheidsmuseum
* verzamelaarsmuseum
* verzetsmuseum
* visserijmuseum
* wassenbeeldenmuseum
* wereldmuseum
* wetenschapsmuseum
* wijnmuseum
* zeemuseum

#### Derived terms

* museaal
* museumbeleid
* museumbestuur
* museumbezit
* museumbezoek
* museumbezoeker
* museumboerderij
* museumbos
* museumcafé
* museumcollectie
* museumconservator
* museumdepot
* museumdirecteur
* museumdirectie
* museumdocent
* museumdorp
* museumfunctie
* museumgebouw
* museumgids
* museumhaven
* museumjaarkaart
* museumjazz
* museumkaart
* museumkever
* museumkrant
* museumkunde
* museumkwaliteit
* museumkwartier
* museumles
* museumman
* museummedewerker
* museummensen
* museummuur
* museumnacht
* museumpark
* museumpersoneel
* Museumplein
* museumpubliek
* museumreserve
* museumrestaurant
* museumruimte
* museumschatten
* museumschip
* museumshop
* museumspoorlijn
* museumstaf
* museumstatus
* museumstuk
* museumtram
* museumtuin
* museumvereniging
* museumverzameling
* museumweekend
* museumwereld
* museumwezen
* museumwinkel
* museumwoning
* museumzaal

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: museum
* → Indonesian: museum

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay museum, from Dutch museum, from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʊˈsjʊm], [muˈseʊm]
* Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
* Hyphenation: mu‧sé‧um

### Noun

museum (plural museum-museum)
* museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value

#### Alternative forms

* musium
* muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

#### Affixed terms

* memuseumkan
* permuseuman

#### Compounds

* museum filateli
* museum Gajah
* museum lilin
* museum Nasional
* museum prangko
* museum Purna Bhakti Pertiwi
* museum Satrya Mandala
* museum sejarah
* museum seni
* museum tekstil
* museum wayang

### References

* ↑ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 218

### Further reading

* “museum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /muːˈseː.um/, [muːˈs̠eːʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /muˈse.um/, [muˈs̬ɛːum]

### Noun

mūsēum n (genitive mūsēī); second declension
* a place or temple devoted to the Muses
* collection, especially a private collection of scientific curiosities, instruments, etc.
    Museum Adolpho-FridericianumThe Adolf Friderik Collection
* library, a collection of books
* museum

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

### References

* "museum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “museum”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “museum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “museum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Malay
### Etymology

From Dutch museum, from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”). First attested in the Kitab Vortaro published in 1923. Doublet of muzium.

### Noun

museum (Jawi spelling موسيوم, plural museum-museum, informal 1st possessive museumku, 2nd possessive museummu, 3rd possessive museumnya)
* (Indonesia) museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
    Synonyms: muzium, ajaibkhanah

#### Alternative forms

* muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

### References

* ↑ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 218

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* musé

### Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural musea or museene)
* a museum

#### Derived terms

* friluftsmuseum
* kunstmuseum

### References

* “museum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* muse, musé

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʉˈseːʉm/

### Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea)
* a museum

#### Derived terms

* friluftsmuseum
* kunstmuseum

### References

* “museum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin museum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɵˈseːˌɵm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

museum n
* a museum

#### Usage notes

As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used.

#### Related terms

* bilmuseum
* flygmuseum
* friluftsmuseum
* konstmuseum
* länsmuseum
* marinmuseum
* musa
* museal
* museibesök
* museibesökare
* museichef
* museiföremål
* museiföreståndare
* museiintendent
* museilektor
* museiman
* museimonter
* museimässig
* museipedagog
* museipedagogisk
* museisal
* museiverksamhet
* museivärde
* nationalmuseum
* traktormuseum

### References

* museum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* museum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* museum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /myˈseːəm/

### Noun

museum n (plural museums or musea, diminutive museumke)
* museum