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AĀ museumĀ (/mjuĖĖziĖÉm/Ā mew-ZEE-Ém;
pluralĀ museaĀ orĀ museums)
is
an
institution
thatĀ cares
forĀ (conserves)
aĀ collectionĀ of
artifacts
and
other
objects
ofĀ artistic,Ā cultural,Ā historical,
orĀ scientificĀ importance.
Many
public
museums
make
these
items
available
for
public
viewing
throughĀ exhibitsĀ that
may
be
permanent
or
temporary.[1]Ā The
largest
museums
are
located
in
major
cities
throughout
the
world,
while
thousands
of
local
museums
exist
in
smaller
cities,
towns
and
rural
areas.
Museums
have
varying
aims,
ranging
from
serving
researchers
and
specialists
to
serving
the
general
public.
The
goal
of
serving
researchers
is
increasingly
shifting
to
serving
the
general
public.
There
are
many
types
of
museums,
including
art
museums,
natural
history
museums,
science
museums,
war
museums,
and
children's
museums.
Amongst
the
world's
largest
and
most
visited
museums
are
theĀ LouvreĀ inĀ Paris,
theĀ National
Museum
of
ChinaĀ inĀ Beijing,
theĀ Smithsonian
InstitutionĀ inĀ Washington,
D.C.,
theĀ British
MuseumĀ inĀ London,
theĀ National
GalleryĀ in
London,
andĀ Metropolitan
Museum
of
ArtĀ inĀ New
York
City.
As
of
the
2010s,
the
continuing
acceleration
in
theĀ digitizationĀ of
information,
combined
with
the
increasing
capacity
ofĀ digital
information
storage,
is
causing
the
traditional
model
of
museums
(i.e.
as
static
bricks-and-mortar
"collections
of
collections"
of
three-dimensional
specimens
and
artifacts)
to
expand
to
includeĀ virtual
exhibitsĀ and
high-resolution
images
of
their
collections
that
patrons
can
peruse,
study,
and
explore
from
any
place
with
Internet.[citation
needed]According
to
The
World
Museum
Community,
there
are
more
than
55,000
museums
in
202
countries.[2]
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