A Museum Can Be

A wunderkammer

A scholarly venue

An illustrated lecture

A collection of objects

A recreational facility

An educational facility

An educational resource

A cabinet of curiosities

A medium of communication

A storehouse of knowledge

A collection of curiosities

A place full of nice things

An educational institution

A source of leisure activity

A place to display objects

A repository of the “real thing”

An important specialized collection

An attempt to systematise experience

A building set apart for study and the arts

An institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge

An organization that displays and preserves objects of significance

A building housing cultural material to which the public have access

A place to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment

A building dedicated to the instruction and gratification of the public

An institution to preserve and interpret material aspects of our heritage

An institution like a library where everything has a place, everything belongs

A legally organized nonprofit institution or part of a nonprofit organization or government entity

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited

A crazy attempt to co-ordinate and get into a fixed order that which has no fixed order and will not be co-coordinated

An institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humankind and the environment

An institution that collects, safeguards and make accessible artifacts and specimens, which it holds in trust for society

A place that uses and interprets objects or a site for the public presentation of regularly scheduled programs and exhibits

A not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage

An organisation that collects, preserves, interprets, and displays objects of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the study and education of the public

A place that can inspire and invoke a sense of wonder, reality, stability, and nostalgia, unlike the surrounding world of plastics, reproduced images, and a deteriorating natural and human environment

A non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment

A public, tribal, or private nonprofit institution which is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes and which, using a professional staff, owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate, cares for these objects and exhibits them to the general public on a regular basis

A non-profit, permanent establishment, that does not exist primarily for the purpose of conducting temporary exhibitions and that is open to the public during regular hours and administered in the public interest for the purpose of conserving, preserving, studying, interpreting, assembling and exhibiting to the public for the instruction and enjoyment of the public, objects and specimens or educational and cultural value including artistic, scientific, historical and technological material