museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

is a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value. Museum may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Museum'' (2016 film) directed by Keishi Ōtomo and based on the manga by Ryosuke Tomoe * ''Museum'' (2018 film), Mexican film

Music

The Museum (band) The Museum is a contemporary Christian music band from Georgia led by singer-songwriter, Ben Richter. Their debut national album ''Let Love Win'', on BEC Recordings, was released July 27, 2010. History In 2006, Ben Richter moved from Texas to ...

, an American contemporary Christian band * ''Museum'' (Ball Park Music album), 2012 * ''Museum'' (Mike Tramp album), 2014 * ''The Museum'' (album), by Nana Mizuki, 2007 * "Museum" (song), a 1967 song by Donovan, covered by Herman's Hermit

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Museum'' (periodical), an imprint of Tokyo National Museum * ''The Museum'' (TV series), a 2007 British documentary series

Places

Museum railway station Museum railway station is a heritage-listed underground commuter rail station that is located on the City Circle route at the southern end of Hyde Park in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. The station is serv ...

, a train station in Sydney, Australia *

Museum (TTC) Museum is a List of Toronto subway stations, subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1963 and is located under Queen's Park at Charles Street West, beside the Royal Ontario Museum after which it is na ...

, a subway station in Toronto, Canada *

Museum Lane Museum Lane runs between two of London's leading museums in South Kensington, namely the Science Museum to the north and the Natural History Museum (formerly the Geological Museum) to the south. It runs to the west off Exhibition Road through ...

, London *

Museum Mile, New York City Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping stre ...

Museum Road Museum Road is a short road in central Oxford, England. It leads to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Radcliffe Science Library at its eastern end where it meets Parks Road. At its west end is a junction with Blackhall Ro ...

, Oxford *

Museum Street Museum Street is a street in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, England. To the north is the British Museum, hence its current name. The street is populated by cafes and bookshops to appeal to the international museum-going p ...

, London *

Museum Planning Area The Museum Planning Area is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area located in the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. The area plays a "bridging role" between the Orchard Road ...

, Singapore

Other uses

.museum museum is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet used exclusively by museums, museum associations, and individual members of the museum profession, as these groups are defined by the International Council ...

the internet top-level domain *

Society of Christian Doctrine The Society of Christian Doctrine ( la, Societas Doctrinæ Christianæ, it, Società della Dottrina Cristiana, mt, Soċjetà Duttrina Nisranija; abbreviated SDC), better known as MUSEUM, is a society of Catholic lay volunteers, made of men and wo ...