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Museum

The Japanese Shōsō-in in Nara is the oldest museum building in Japan.

A museum is a building[1] which is open to the public.[2] It is also the institution where things are collected and then shown to people.[3]

  1. ↑ Alexander, Edward Porter et al. (2008). Museums in Motion: an Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, p. 2; excerpt, "Douglas Alan, former director of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, said that 'a museum in its simplest form consists of a building to house collections of objects for inspection, study and enjoyment."
  2. ↑ International Council of Museums (ICOM), "Museum Definition" Archived 2015-03-02 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-26.
  3. ↑ Alexander, p. 2; excerpt, "The American Association of Museums ... defines 'a museum as an organized and permanent non-profit institution ... which organizes or utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule."

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