house a museum
Frequency: 3.01.4 per million words
to provide a building for a museum; often used in passive voice
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Examples (10)
- The museum is housed in a converted church.
- A historic building now houses a modern art museum.
- The city council decided to house the new science museum in the old library.
- This impressive structure was built to house a national history museum.
- Many former palaces now house important art museums.
- The new cultural center will house a children's museum and a theater.
- Plans were made to house a small local museum in the renovated town hall.
- The old factory is being transformed to house an industrial museum.
- They are seeking a suitable location to house the maritime museum.
- Eventually, the entire collection will be housed in the new museum wing.