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museums of art

museums of art, institutions or buildings where works of art are kept for display or safekeeping. The word museum derives from the Greek mouseion, meaning temple to the works of the Muses. This article is chiefly concerned with museums of art in the Western Hemisphere.

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Pennsylvania Museum of Art - Pennsylvania Museum of Art: Pennsylvania Museum of Art: see Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When ...
Brooklyn Museum of Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn Museum of Art, museum in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. Its ...
museums of art: The United States - The United States The foremost repositories of art in the U.S. include, in New York City, the ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, founded in 1870. The ...

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