museum piece

Definition of museum piecenext
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 The equipment inside is so old that replacement parts are occasionally purchased from owners of historic henequen machines otherwise on display as museum pieces. Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 Instead, like in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, it will permanently be displayed as a museum piece. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 Household items such as rugs and lamps, which themselves can be appreciated for their geometric order and symmetry, are placed in the gallery areas not as remote museum pieces but in some semblance of their practical uses. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 More museum pieces refurbished & tested to send to the front. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for museum piece
Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum piece
Noun
  • Best of all is the installation-style curation, with paintings surrounded by clusters of artifacts from the same period.
    Clodagh Kinsella, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Both burial sites double as museums packed with presidential documents, artifacts, and plenty of Oval Office lore.
    James Ward, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But soon Youngblood began asking for loans, then offering up antiques as collateral.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Whether antiques, cherished knickknacks, or heirlooms, items that are very delicate and/or precious to the customer are typically items house cleaners won’t want to mess with in order to cut down the risk of damaging them.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.
    Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Duffy cast the backlash as a relic of the crack cocaine epidemic, during which smoking was the main route of administration.
    Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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