A museum is a non-profit, permanent public service and development institution, open to the public acquiring, preserving, researching, communicating and displaying tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment ??for the purpose of educational, learning and recreational.
Adjective Words to Describe Museum
Following are some common adjectives used for describing museums:
| Word | Meaning |
| american | relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas |
| archaeological | related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology |
| british | characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture |
| famous | widely known and esteemed |
| historic | important in history |
| historical | relating to the study of history |
| interesting | arousing or holding the attention |
| largest | greatest in size of those under consideration |
| local | characteristic of a particular locality |
| magnificent | characterized by or attended with brilliance |
| military | associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians |
| modern | belonging to the modern era |
| municipal | belonging to or characteristic of a municipality |
| national | relating to nationality |
| new | not of long duration |
| oldest | first in time |
| outdoor | concerning the outdoors |
| permanent | not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition |
| private | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy |
| public | open to or concerning the people as a whole |
| regional | characteristic of a region |
| small | not large but sufficient in size |
| unique | the single one of its kind |
| vast | degree or especially extent or scope |
| wonderful | extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers |