museum piece

as in artifact
something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece

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Recent Examples of museum piece More museum pieces refurbished & tested to send to the front. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 And the drone, though only eight years old, is a museum piece. David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025 Their main phone, of course, had a cord and was stuck to the wall in the kitchen like a museum piece. Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 Signs like this are museum pieces that are out there still doing their thing, as much as the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument, and they should be celebrated, not gutted. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for museum piece
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Noun
  • Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025
  • Wednesday’s feature pictured the outside of the Penrod Museum, established by John and Virginia Penrod to display their 40 years of collecting artifacts from all over the world.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • The three-story structure spans more than 49,000 square feet and brings together RH Interiors, its Modern and Outdoor collections, RH’s Interior design office, along with art and antiques, all under one roof.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 July 2025
  • Products to choose from include books, apparel, toys, candy, antiques, jewelry, gifts, accessories, flowers, games, home decor, popcorn and more.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Today, Raptor Ranch offers up-close bird flight demonstrations, falconry classes and conservation education while preserving fan-favorite Bedrock City relics.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • One shine survived the era, and although its origins are unclear, the relic ultimately arrived at Germany’s Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in 1932.
    Andrew Paul Jul 24, Popular Science, 24 July 2025

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