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muscular dystrophy
(Encyclopedia) muscular dystrophymuscular dystrophydĭsˈtrōfē [key], any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the…Muses
(Encyclopedia) Muses, in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse…Museum of Broadcasting
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Broadcasting: see Paley Center for Media.Museum of Fine Arts
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenæum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections…Museum of Modern Art
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, established and incorporated in 1929. It is privately supported. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was its first director. Operating at first in rented…Museum of Primitive Art
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Primitive Art, New York City, a privately supported institution, established in 1957. It was devoted entirely to the arts of the indigenous cultures of Africa, Oceania, and…Museum of Television and Radio
(Encyclopedia) Museum of Television and Radio: see Paley Center for Media.Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation: see National Museum of the American Indian.audiencia
(Encyclopedia) audienciaaudienciaoudyānˈsyä [key], royal court of justice in Spain and the Spanish Empire, varying greatly in its form and function but having some administrative as well as judicial…museums of art
(Encyclopedia) 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…Trending
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