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museum

[myoo-zee-uhm] / mjuˈzi əm /


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He never shooed them away from his canvases, they say, and they grew up hearing him speak about art for hours during museum visits and at art fairs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The museum reopened on Friday, and the fire was 90% contained by Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

The president called for the museum to immediately create a five-year exhibition devoted to Washington, running through Feb. 22, 2032 — the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

It could also be training guards to spot suspicious people who may be casing a museum and ask them if they need help, which may deter them from returning.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

On Sunday, the man had come to the Louvre just like any other visitor, but when the museum was closing, he didn’t do what the other visitors did.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

Since his 2008 retirement from the FBI, he has acted as a “high-value asset security consultant” to museums, auction houses, trade shows, collectors and the like to protect and, when necessary, recover illicitly acquired objects.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Thus was born Egyptology for example, and the existence of museums in such countries.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Museums are also open public spaces that have less access control and perpetrators can come in as visitors, says Kumar Sokka, CEO of Acre Security which works with some museums in Europe.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

His vast fossil loot from South America was being unpacked, preserved, cataloged, and organized; whole museums could be built around it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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