museums
Homes for artifacts
Museums are institutions that collect, preserve, and display objects of cultural, historical, scientific, or artistic significance.
They range from vast encyclopedic collections like national museums to specialized institutions focused on local history, natural specimens, or single artists.
The city's museums draw millions of visitors annually.
To visit museums is a standard tourist activity; to end up in a museum suggests something is outdated or worthy of preservation.
Space for displaying artwork
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- showcaseCabinet for displaying items
- collectionGathered set of items
paintings · sculpture · installation · display · tour · docent · retrospective · catalogue
Collection overseer
- curationSelective organization of items
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- archivesStored historical documents
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
heritage · patronage · endowment · foundation · nonprofit · acquisition · preservation · restoration
Human creative expression
- historyRecord of past events
- natural historyStudy of organisms and environments
- scienceSystematic study through observation
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
archaeology · children's · maritime · aviation · military · folk · ethnographic · wax
gallery
Space for displaying artwork
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- showcaseCabinet for displaying items
collection · paintings · sculpture · installation · display · tour · docent · retrospective · catalogue · thematic
curator
Collection overseer
- curationSelective organization of items
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- archivesStored historical documents
research · heritage · patronage · endowment · foundation · nonprofit · acquisition · preservation · restoration · accession
art
Human creative expression
- historyRecord of past events
- natural historyStudy of organisms and environments
- scienceSystematic study through observation
anthropology · archaeology · children's · maritime · aviation · military · folk · ethnographic · wax · open-air
- Art & Culturepainting, sculpture, music, dance, theater
- Arts & Sciencescreativity, music, painting, sculpture, literature
- arts worldartists, galleries, studios, painters, sculptors
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
- travel activitiessightseeing, beaches, guided tours, tours, city tours
museumslandfills
Engineered waste disposal sites
junkyards · dumps · incinerators · factories · shops
museumsincinerators
Devices for burning refuse
landfills · junkyards · scrapyards · garbage dumps · recycling centers
- science museumInstitution displaying natural phenomena
- art museumInstitution displaying visual works
- natural history museumsInstitutions preserving biological specimens
- museum pieceObject preserved for display
- wax museumsVenues displaying sculpted likenesses
- historical museumsVenues exhibiting bygone artifacts