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Museum: n. A building, place or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical or artistic value.
We can thank the Greeks for the original idea of museums. Way back then, these were centers connected to the Muses, created as a place to cultivate learning and the arts. The idea soon spread.See the full content of this document
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One of the most famous museums of the ancient world was established by Ptolemy I in Alexandria some 200 years B.C. The first public museum was created in England in 1683 -- the Ashmolean in Oxford. By then, the idea of collecting objects...
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