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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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Sapkota spent hours examining preserved butterflies in museum collections, searching for consistent traits that might distinguish the suspected species.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Doyle said they often came across the "misconception" that the museum should have all of the items on display at the same time.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Sapkota sent these museum samples to Nick Grishin at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where researchers sequenced both their mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Lauder says he trusts the Met, but he doesn’t want anything in his museum to change: “The Klimts have to stay in the Klimt room.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Besides, I’m supposed to be taking notes on the museum.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Yet many face a strain on storage space and resources, with a real-term fall in spending for museums leading to challenges in displaying council-owned art.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The handover at the Pitt Rivers Museum came as part of a broader trend among Western museums reassessing how they acquired exhibits from other cultures, particularly human remains, and in some cases returning them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Some 80 galleries throw open their doors across the city with museums and nonprofits offering special programming throughout the boroughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Sophie Fish, museums manager at Gwella, which manages the councils libraries and leisure, said she hoped "some of the most interesting finds" from Mancot could go on display at Mold Museum in 2027.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

By making the Natural History Museum an institution for everyone, Owen transformed our expectations of what museums are for.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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