Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Museum \Mu*se"um\, n. [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place
   of study, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a Muse.]
   A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or
   literary curiosities, or of works of art.

   {Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Anthrenus}.