museum
noun
[ mjuːˈzɪəm ]
• a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.
• "the Museum of Modern Art"
Origin:
early 17th century (denoting a university building, specifically one erected at Alexandria by Ptolemy Soter): via Latin from Greek mouseion ‘seat of the Muses’, based on mousa ‘muse’.
