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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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This office, though quiet on this Thursday, does get used—it is not just “a museum of history,” as Gus Hall used to call it.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

Cardoso said he obsessively tweaked dishes daily, aiming to find finishing touches that could separate Skywalker Grill as a museum restaurant and allow it to stand as a destination of its own.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

To solve the mystery, she joined forces with other researchers from around the world to investigate the family history of tiger cats, using DNA from living animals and museum specimens.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

But the conference is increasingly defined by its sideshow of parties: galas in rooftop bars, museum mixers and dinners held in the city’s colonial-era hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Mystery Lady takes us behind the museum to some sort of vehicle that looks like an alien spaceship combined with an armored truck.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The breakthrough came while paleontologists Oscar Castillo and Jesús Serrano were building a database of fossils from the lithographic limestones of Montsec held in Catalan and European museums.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Some of his civil servant friends, even those working in museums, find it "very difficult" to travel abroad and have been told they cannot directly apply for passports because of their jobs, Xiao Wang said.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Mr. Wittman, an avuncular, white-haired 70-year-old of medium height—self-described as “nondescript,” which he noted is an asset for going undercover—has seen a lot of museums in his lifetime.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The long-divided city boasts countless museums, galleries and sites reflecting its troubled history, as well as two zoos, three opera houses and multiple techno clubs known around the world.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Frederick A. Murphy was one of the original discoverers of Ebola virus, the wizard with an electron microscope who had first photographed the virus and whose work had hung in art museums.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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