Museum is derived from "Muse" a Greek goddess of art, music, and dance.
The word museum was named after the nine muses of Greek.
Yes.The Muses; Museum.
Yes. It comes from the Greek word "mouseion" meaning "a place of study" but was originally intended to mean "a shrine for the Muses." This word is the root of the Latin word "museum" which has the same meaning as the original Greek ("a place of study")
The origin of the word museum is early 17th century (denoting a university building, specifically one erected at Alexandria by Ptolemy Soter), from Latin from Greek mouseion 'seat of the Muses,' based on mousa 'muse.'
Museum of Greek Folk Art was created in 1918.
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology was created in 2005.
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology was created in 1922.
Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum was created in 1983.
The word music is ultimately from the Greek term mousike [techne] "[art] of the Muses". The Muses were nine Greek deities who ruled over, and inspired, literature and other arts. (The Muses were also the source of our word "museum".)
"Museum" comes from a Greek word meaning "shrine of the Muses." The Muses were the nine Greek goddesses who were believed to inspire literature and the arts. They were: Calliope, goddess of epic poetry Clio, goddess of history Erato, goddess of lyric poetry Euterpe, goddess of music Melpomene, goddess of tragedy Polyhymnia, goddess of choral poetry Terpsichore, goddess of dance Thalia, goddess of comedy Your anus (Urania), goddess of astrology
The phone number of the Greek Museum is: 516-868-4092.