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# museum

«museum» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a building where people go to look at old, rare or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (museum, museums)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A museum is a building where people go to look at old, rare or interesting things, like dinosaur bones, paintings or machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#m1)

2) There are museums of history, art, science, natural history and even toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: visitors, tickets, rooms; tickets × price give the cost; visitors on different days added. In everyday life and school: class trips to the museum, exhibits, guides. In science and history: fossils, mummies, old coins in museums. Phrases: «a museum of», «museum trip», «science museum», «natural history museum», «a museum piece» (something very old).

### examples

- A MSS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x1)
- I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x2)
- I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions ; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x3)
- 120 people visited the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x4)
- A ticket to the museum costs 6 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x5)
- The museum has 8 rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x6)
- The class went to the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x7)
- We saw a dinosaur skeleton at the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x8)
- Please don't touch the paintings in the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x9)
- Entry to many museums in London is free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x10)
- The science museum has a hands-on room for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x11)
- "That is most likely a museum of art," thought he, "and they have forgotten to take down the sign." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x12)

### note

Countable: «a museum». Say «mew-ZEE-um». Maths: a place of the story; tickets × price give the cost. Trap: children's and adults' tickets often cost different amounts.

### In the corpora

- [Bright camera flashes over years can fade delicate colours and annoy visitors; many museums allow photos without flash.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/10/)
- [Many national museums and galleries in Britain are free to enter, paid for by taxes and donations; some charge for special exhibitions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/13/)
- [Think of a python in a museum skeleton: it looks like a long zip with a rib on each side of every tooth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/7/)
- [Sunlight's ultraviolet rays break dye molecules apart, so curtains and posters fade near a window and museums keep the lights low.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/19/)
- [In a museum you do not touch exhibits unless signs say you can, because they can be old and fragile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «museum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.