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The English word museum comes from Latin, and is pluralized as museums (or rarely, musea).It is originally from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the muses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence was a building set apart for study and the arts, [1] especially the Musaeum (institute) for philosophy and research at ...
Museum education falls under the broad category of informal education. Informal education is defined as "...any organized educational activity outside the established formal system—whether operating separately or as an important feature of some broader activity—that is intended to serve identifiable learning clienteles and learning objective". [2]
Museums which have closed as of 14 March in Brazil include the Museum of Art of São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, the Pinacoteca, the Itaú Cultural, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo, the Institute Tomie Ohtake, the Institute Moreira Salles, and the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro and the Instituto Inhotim ...
The words that are used to describe the study of museums vary depending on language and geography. For example, while "museology" is becoming more prevalent in English, it is most commonly used to refer to the study of museums in French (muséologie), Spanish (museología), German (Museologie), Italian (museologia), and Portuguese (museologia) – while English speakers more often use the term ...
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Many institutions maintain archives of their important documents. Documentation pertaining to the institution itself, as well as collections documentation is stored in the institutional archive or the library. Sometimes paper copies of collections files are stored offsite for extra safety and security (and for space considerations).
The discussion of free admission to museums goes back at least as far as Hans Sloane, whose donation in 1753 was the foundation of the British Museum. It was accompanied by the explicit condition of free access, and still is today. Similarly, the Smithsonian Institution's museums are free of charge. The main argument supporting free admission ...