संग्रहालय (sangrahalaya) - Meaning in English

एखाद्या विषयाशी संबंधित वस्तूंचा व्यवस्थितपणे संग्रह व प्रदर्शन करणारी संस्था म्हणजे संग्रहालय होय. काही संग्रहालयांत एकाहून अधिक विषयांशी संबंधित वस्तूही असतात. संग्रहालये ही वास्तु, शिल्प वगैरेंना असलेली ऐतिहासिक परंपरा, त्या वस्तूंच्या निर्माणकाळाची पुरातन संस्कृती व पार्श्वभूमी असा इतिहास जतन करण्यात मदत करतात. नानाविध वस्तूंचा संग्रह जिथे व्यवस्थितपणे ठेवलेला असतो अशा स्थानाला संग्रहालय किंवा 'वस्तू संग्रहालय' म्हणतात.

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Compared to a library, a museum hosts a much wider range of objects and usually focus around a specific theme such as the arts, science, natural history, local history, and other topics. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often considered to be tourist attractions, and many museums attract large numbers of visitors from outside their host country, with the most visited museums in the world regularly attracting millions of visitors annually.