Museum

It is also the institution where things are collected and then shown to people.

The word, museum, originates from Musa which is the goddesses of literature, art, and science who appears in Greek mythology.

According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the definition of museums has changed over time.

The oldest museum structure in the world is the Shōsō-in in Nara, Japan.

Today's museums are non-profit, permanent institutions in the service of society and its development.

A museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible heritage and the intangible heritage of humanity and the environment.

Museums exist for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.

Some museums have things that visitors can do. For example, ecomuseums exist.

Museums can be about different things such as art, national history, natural history, or science. People go to museums sometimes to learn, or to simply have fun.

Museums with live animals are called zoos.

Exhibitions

• Temporary or changing exhibits

Exhibition which selects works along with some themes, e.g., a writer, a time, an area, etc.

• Permanent exhibits

Exhibition which displays the works which the museum possesses.

Art museums

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  The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
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  Morohashi Museum of Modern Art in Fukushima

History museums

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  The Tōhoku History Museum in Miyagi

Literature museums

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  Koriyama Museum of Literature in Fukushima is the former home of Masao Kume

Natural history museums

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  The American Museum of Natural History in New York

Open air museums

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  New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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  Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine is a World Heritage Site in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Science museums

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  Mushitec in Fukushima is about insects

Museum ships

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  Cutty Sark in London, England
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  Nippon Maru in Yokohama harbor
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  National Museum, Szczecin, Poland

• Curator
• Museology

• Simon, Nina K. (2010). Simon, Nina K. (2010). The Participatory Museum.

 

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: museum.

 

Wiki Commons has media related to Museums.

• International Council of Museums website
• Virtual Library Musems website Archived 2012-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Museum at the Open Directory Project

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