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The word "museum", which is exists both in English and in Latin, comes originally from the Greek word Mouseion, "the seat of the Muses", from Mousa, "a Muse".

(The Muses were the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus. Each one presided over a different field of art and literature.).

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The Muses, Greek goddesses of arts, music, and historical elements.

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