Types of museums

building or space for the exhibition of art (for institution, use Q3196771)

type of museum; museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors

thumb|upright|Muses|Muse statue, a common scholarly motif in the Hellenistic age.

collection of notable objects

institution that displays exhibits of natural historical significance

ship preserved and converted into a museum open to the public

museum displaying a collection of wax representations of famous people

official location where pieces of political, military or social history have been preserved

An ecomuseum is a museum focused on the identity of a place, largely based on local participation and aiming to enhance the welfare and development of local communities. Ecomuseums originated in France, the concept being developed by Georges Henri Rivière and Hugues de Varine, who coined the term ‘ecomusée’ in 1971. The term "éco" is a shortened form for "écologie", but it refers especially to a new idea of holistic interpretation of cultural heritage, in opposition to the focus on specific items and objects, performed by traditional museums.

museum that displays erotic art

museum devoted primarily to science

generic virtual museum

house that has been transformed into a museum

museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water

museum that covers local history

type of museum geared to children

museum specializing in archaeological artefacts

type of museum, in which historical events showing the life in past time periods are performed

type of museum with a collection of toys

type of museum, focussed on the history of postal services

museum run within a university

museum devoted to applied science and technological developments

museum exhibiting history and artifacts of aviation

Type of museum

set of purposely gathered physical or digital objects with some common characteristics

type of museum or installation in a museum

museum that deals with folk culture and heritage

thumb|Ecclesiastical treasury in Vienna's Hofburg Palace thumb|The Green Vault in [[Dresden Castle (as at 1904)]] Schatzkammer, a German word which means "treasury" or "treasure chamber", is a term sometimes used in English for the collection of treasures, especially objets d’art in precious metals and jewels, of a ruler or other collector which are kept in a secure room and often found in the basement of a palace or castle. It also often included the wider types of object typical of the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities. A very small but evocative Renaissance room in a tower at Lacock Abbey

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type of museum: farm, operated as a museum for demonstration and educational purposes

museum focused on matters related to crop growing

museum designed to be portable

institutions that store and exhibit objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest that have a link to medicine or health