house museum

noun

A preserved historic home or building operated as a public museum to showcase its original architecture, furnishings, and the lives of its former inhabitants of a specific era.

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Meanings

nounhouse museum (plural house museums)

plural house museums

  1. A preserved historic home or building operated as a public museum to showcase its original architecture, furnishings, and the lives of its former inhabitants of a specific era.

Translations

Bulgarian къ́ща музе́й
  • къ́ща музе́й (kắšta muzéj)a preserved histoic home
French maison-musée
  • maison-muséea preserved histoic home
Russian дом-музей
  • дом-музей (dom-muzej)a preserved histoic home
Cite this entry
APA

house museum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20museum

MLA

“house museum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20museum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house museum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20museum.

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