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institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment." [ ] museums enable people to explore collections
of the museum to be mentioned explicitly is theon the mathematician, father of hypatia, c. c.e. dinners with clever conversation were a characteristic institution of the museum; a poet of the third century b.c.e. described it as the "hen-coop of the muses." [ ] early museums began as the private collections...
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