musealization

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noun

The process of making something suitable for exhibition in a museum; conversion to the status of a museum exhibit.

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Meanings

nounmusealization (uncountable)

alternative musealisation

  1. uncountableThe process of making something suitable for exhibition in a museum; conversion to the status of a museum exhibit.

    The central problem of musealization for the museum and beyond this is the non-varied, non-differentiated cultural archiving of even the most banal objects of everyday life that is apparently of a neutral value.

    1996, Hans-Peter Schwarz, Jeffrey Shaw, Media art perspectives, page 182

Origin

From museal + -ization.

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Translations

French muséalisation
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APA

musealization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musealization

MLA

“musealization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musealization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musealization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musealization.

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