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/mjuːˈziːəməbiːl/, /mjʊˈziːəməbiːl/, U.S. /mjuˈziəməˌbil/, Canadian English /mjuːˈziːəməˌbiːl/ North American.
A travelling museum; a touring vehicle equipped for the display of exhibits.
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > museum > type of
antiquarium1651
war museum1917
folk-museum1936
museumobile1948
Exploratorium1968
ecomuseum1976
heritage centre1976
exploratory1982
1948 Illinois State Reg. (Springfield) 1 Dec. 11/2 Illinois state museum's new self-propelled museumobile will be dedicated at a special ceremony... Frank G. Thompson..will christen the ‘museum on wheels’.
1949 Living Museum Jan. 354/1 Out of Springfield on December 12 rolled the State's first Museumobile on its way to carry the Illinois State Museum to the people of Illinois.
1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Jan. 14/5 The museomobile, 8½ feet wide, will tour Nova Scotia until April.
1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 6 Aug. c1 Visit the Royal Ontario Museum's 60-foot-long travelling Dinosaur Museumobile.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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