museum piece
noun
1
: something preserved in or suitable for a museum
2
: one that is out-of-date : a thing of the past
Examples of museum piece in a Sentence
That old computer will soon be a museum piece.
that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece
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Signs like this are museum pieces that are out there still doing their thing, as much as the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument, and they should be celebrated, not gutted.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Or just the opposite – a thing that was huge back then is a museum piece and doesn't really speak to anything.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
The Kurdish forces started the war with little more than vintage Soviet-era T-55 tanks captured from Saddam Hussein’s crumbling army in 2003 and some old artillery pieces from the same period, museum pieces for a modern war.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
When the auction happened, the $20,000 expectation for the Computer Space arcade console turned into a new record for the museum piece at $69,773.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Or just the opposite – a thing that was huge back then is a museum piece and doesn't really speak to anything.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
The Kurdish forces started the war with little more than vintage Soviet-era T-55 tanks captured from Saddam Hussein’s crumbling army in 2003 and some old artillery pieces from the same period, museum pieces for a modern war.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
When the auction happened, the $20,000 expectation for the Computer Space arcade console turned into a new record for the museum piece at $69,773.
—New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/museum%20piece. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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