treasure houses

Buildings storing riches

Treasure houses are buildings or institutions that hold valuable collections—museums, galleries, or historic estates filled with art, artifacts, or cultural riches.

The term emphasizes abundance and worth: The Louvre is one of the world's great treasure houses.

Figuratively, anything containing accumulated riches of knowledge or beauty: Her mind was a treasure house of folk songs.

Related

crown · royal regalia · ancient manuscripts · gallery · art collection · cultural heritage · family heirlooms · lacquerware · scroll painting · rare books · archive · archaeological finds · gold · coin · storehouses · cache · decorative arts · trove

Opposites
contents/value

treasure housesgarbage dumps

Sites for waste disposal

landfills · junkyards · scrap yards · dumps · scrapyards

abundance vs. scarcity

treasure houseswastelands

Uncultivable, empty lands

voids · deserts

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G