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museology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The design, organization, and management of museums.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From museum + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թանգարանագիտություն (tʻangaranagitutʻyun) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Catalan: museologia — design, organization and management of museums
  • Chinese Mandarin: 博物館學 /博物馆学 (bówùguǎnxué) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Finnish: museologia — design, organization and management of museums
  • Finnish: museotiede — design, organization and management of museums
  • Irish: músaemeolaíocht — design, organization and management of museums
  • Italian: museologia — design, organization and management of museums
  • Japanese: 博物館学 (hakubutsukangaku) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Kazakh: мұражайтану (mūrajaitanu) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Persian: موزهشناسی — design, organization and management of museums
  • Portuguese: museologia — design, organization and management of museums
  • Russian: музееве́дение (muzejevédenije) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Russian: музеоло́гия (muzeológija) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Tamil: அருங்காட்சியகவியல் (aruṅkāṭciyakaviyal) — design, organization and management of museums
  • Turkish: müzeoloji — design, organization and management of museums
  • Turkish: müzebilim — design, organization and management of museums
  • Vietnamese: bảo tàng học — design, organization and management of museums