Thesaurus results for MUSEUMS

museums

noun

plural of museum

as in galleries

a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed a trip to the Museum of Natural History

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Recent Examples of museums Kusama’s large-scale sculptures and immersive installations break attendance records at museums and galleries around the world, and her works regularly set records at auction. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 One example is museums’ wall labels now mentioning tainted or dubious provenance. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 For artists with strong enough fandom, imagery, and mythology, there are all kinds of opportunities sitting somewhere between concerts, museums, retail, and fan experiences. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026 European museums have been hit by a series of spectacular thefts since thieves in October broke into the Louvre museum in Paris in broad daylight, escaping in less than eight minutes with jewelry worth $102 million. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 How failure, curiosity and 800 pounds of butter brought an Iowa State Fair tradition to one of America's most prestigious museums. — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 28 Aug. 2026 Her hypnotic, unconventional works propelled her from near-obscurity to a place in the world’s most prominent museums. — Juno Carmel, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 Her Infinity Mirror Rooms have been exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide, from London’s Tate Modern to Crystal Bridges in Arkansas, while her David Zwirner exhibitions have drawn multi-hour lines and gone viral on social media. — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 The individual components have been split up and are now held by various museums. — Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a Smithsonian affiliate, features exhibits and galleries that promote an understanding of Birmingham's role in the Civil Rights Movement.

— Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Kusama’s large-scale sculptures and immersive installations break attendance records at museums and galleries around the world, and her works regularly set records at auction.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of galleries

Noun

Its exhibitions, residencies, educational initiatives, and workshops have helped create an emerging local art scene and placed Madagascar on the global art scene’s map.

— Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Zavataro has organized exhibitions centering interdisciplinary artist Linda Alterwitz, landscape painter Phyllis Shafer and sculptor Guillermo Bert, among others.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026