museum piece

NOUN

collectible item

Synonyms

WEAK

antique classic collector's item collector's piece curio heirloom masterpiece old master showpiece

Example Sentences

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“It’s a brand-new play — I’m approaching it that way,” says Daniel, who admits he was initially concerned the three-decade-old play would be perceived as a museum piece.

From Los Angeles Times

But Ms Blessley says "it's not a museum piece" and has faced some hard knocks.

From BBC

“A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people,” Carter said at the dedication ceremony for the solar panels in 1979.

From Washington Post

“It’s like a museum piece,” she says.

From Washington Post

Building cocktails out of historic spirits like this might almost seem like a waste; the more logical impulse is to drink them neat, pondering the rarity of it all like a kind of liquid museum piece.

From Los Angeles Times