MUSEUM in a Sentence

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For MUSEUM, below is one of 44 sentences:
They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUSEUM
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museum
 n.  a place for collecting and displaying objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value
Classic Sentence:
1  A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
2  Then he opened a door and showed us into a large room furnished as a museum.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3  They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  At the first glance I was reminded of a museum.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
5  My museum hypothesis was confirmed.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
6  These were agreeably dispersed among small specimens of china and glass, various neat trifles made by the proprietor of the museum, and some tobacco-stoppers carved by the Aged.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
7  the whole revarnished, and my chamber will be a regular museum.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
8  You've seen the hotels and the museums and the balls and the gambling houses.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  To most libraries, lectures, concerts, and museums, Negroes are either not admitted at all, or on terms peculiarly galling to the pride of the very classes who might otherwise be attracted.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  The museum has some interesting new exhibits from India.
17  The museum has reopened after nearly two years of reconstruction.
18  The museum is open to the public.
19  The museum is open all year round.
20  The painting is a museum piece.
21  We spent part of the time in the museum.
22  The museum is in a financially precarious position.
23  The museum has now been reopened to the public.
24  The statue will remain in the museum for the foreseeable future.
25  The museum is just six blocks away.
26  The museum offers extensive facilities for study.
27  I suggest a tour of the museum.
28  The museum's main gallery is reserved for the sculptures.
29  The next stop on the trek is an art museum in which you use your hands to get a feel for a sculpture's shape.
30  He found the museum was selling a facsimile of the works of art on display.