Dictionary

museological en · ADJ

Etymology

From museology + -ical.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to museology.
   • But as a testament to what might be called the Thomas Krens legacy — he will be remembered as a builder of museums who failed to build where his museum needed it most — this is partly a depressing show, symptomatic of the kind of museological missteps that have become par for the course in New York. 2007 July 20, Roberta Smith, “Space Exploration, Conducted on a Spiral”, in New York Times:
   • They are stars of the museological jet set. 2009 March 27, Simon Jenkins, “This hoarding of treasures is a scandal. They belong to the world”, in The Guardian:
   • Of course, in the cinema gallery, where monitors and projections are accompanied by museological text labels, a voyeuristic, peep-show pleasure is partly promised; and tape loops of pornographic hydraulics hold repeat viewers in rapt attention. 2007 October 5, Edward Rothstein, “What’s Latex Got to Do With It?”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

museologically

Relateds

museologist