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The
Museum,
as
defined
by
the
World
Council
of
Museums
as
is
an
institution
that
cares
for
a
collection
of
artifacts
and
other
objects
of
artistic,
cultural,
historical,
or
scientific
importance,
and
development
of
the
community,
is
open
to
the
public,
collecting,
preserving,
researching,
communicating
and
presenting
the
human
heritage
and
its
development
for
the
purposes
of
education.
There
are
tens
of
thousands
of
museums
around
the
world
that
are
interested
in
collecting
objects
of
scientific,
artistic
or
historical
value
and
making
them
available
to
the
public
through
exhibits
that
may
be
permanent
or
temporary.
The
Arabic
Encyclopedia
defines
it
as
a
"house
for
the
preservation
of
ancient
monuments,
rare
antiques,
masterpieces
of
sculptures
and
paintings,
and
all
related
to
cultural
heritage."
The
museum
may
include
works
of
art,
history
and
technology.
The
word
"museum"
in
Arabic
means
the
place
where
rare
and
precious
objects
are
collected
and
valued
as
time
passes.
The
origin
of
the
English
Museum
is
the
Greek
origin
of
the
word
"mountain
lady".The
first
museum
for
the
public
was
opened
in
1683
at
the
University
of
Oxford
in
London.
It
presented
a
collection
of
strange
and
rare
things
given
by
the
English
scholar
Elias
Ashmul
to
the
university.
In
the
late
20th
century,
many
museums
introduced
new
systems
using
modern
technology,
Computer
equipment,
sound,
light
and
video
presentations,
which
have
made
museums
more
dynamic
and
attractive,
and
helped
improve
the
cultural
mission
of
the
museums
You
can
also
find
many
types
of
museums
in
the
world:
-
National
Museums:
It
includes
collections
of
fine
art,
such
as
those
found
in
Austria,
France,
Holland,
Spain.
-
Art
museums:
which
show
only
works
of
art,
such
as
the
Louvre
Museum,
the
Metropolitan
Museum
of
New
York
and
the
National
Gallery
of
London.
-
Scientific
Museums:
They
provide
exhibits
on
natural
and
technical
sciences,
also
called
natural
history
museums.
-
Historical
Museums:
They
depict
the
life
of
the
past,
and
documents.
