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 Those things are museum pieces now—the type of fare that haunts the dreams of Indiana Jones. Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 The advisor will work with V&A’s curators who oversee well over 2.8 million exhibits and museum pieces. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 7 Mar. 2024 To accurately make Mollie’s shirts, West studied photos of the real sisters, museum pieces and Osage family heirlooms that were on loan. Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023 Aviation history is filled with jaw-dropping machines like the Concorde, the supersonic airliner that promised to shrink the globe, but wound up as a museum piece after around a quarter-century. Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for museum piece 
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Noun
  • The Saratoga History Museum showcases artifacts, photographs and exhibits that tell the story of Saratoga’s rich history.
    Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The other is a collection of objects taken by anthropologist Jesse Fewkes, sent by the Smithsonian to Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War of 1898 to gather Indigenous artifacts from the island.
    Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Show Some Respect Remember that shopping at an estate sale is very different than shopping at an antiques fair or thrift store.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Bernal Cutlery, San Francisco Vintage cooking tools murmur with history and allure, and Bernal Cutlery has a soft spot for the antique.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • High-altitude rivalry The blurry boundaries through the Himalayan peaks and plateaus separating China and its southern neighbors are often relics of imperial era agreements and nomadic routes – now charged with the nationalist rhetoric and military might of New Delhi and Beijing.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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