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Musa (film) Musa (hanja 武士; hangul 무사), released as The Warrior in English-speaking countries, is a 2001 South Korean epic film that stars Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-mo and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. The semi-historical story follows the adventures of a Korean peace delegation as they try to get back to Korea through the inhospitable desert land of northern China.
Musa al-Husayni Musa Kazim al-Husayni (, ) (Jerusalem, 1850 - 1934) was nominated to several senior posts in the Ottoman administration. He was mayor of Jerusalem (1918-1920), chairman of the Palestinian Arab Action Committee and leader of the Palestinian national movement from 1922 until 1934.
Musa al-Sadr Mūsā al-Sadr (1928-1978?) () also transliterated Mūsā-e Sader, and many other variants, was an Iranian philosopher and a prominent Shi'ite religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon as a religious and political leader.
Musa Amer Obaid Musa Amer Obaid (Arabic: موسى عامر عبيد, born April 18, 1985 in Kenya) is a middle distance runner mainly competing in steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents Qatar after changing nationality from his birth country Kenya.
Musa Cälil Musa CälilAlso transliterated as Mussa Jalil; Mussa Djalil; Musa Dzhalil; Mussa Dschalil; Musa Dschälil; Musa Celil; Moussa Jalíl; ([]; Jaŋalif: Musa Çəlil; Cyrillic: Муса Җәлил; Russian: Муса Джалиль, Муса Мустафович Залялов) February 15 1906 – August 25 1944) was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter.
Musa Cooper Musa A. Cooper (born February 26, 1978) is an American dancer and fitness model who has had several television appearances, and is best known for being featured on both of the initial two seasons of the popular televised dance competition So You Think You Can Dance.
Musa Dagh Musa Dagh (, Arabic: Jebel Musa, Armenian: Musa Ler, meaning "Moses Mountain") was the site of resistance by the Armenians during the Armenian Genocide. The denizens of that region were violently expelled from their six villages (Kaboussieh, Yogohonoluk, Bitias, Wakef, Khodr Bey, Hedj Habibli) by the Ottomans in 1915.
Musa ingens The plant species Musa ingens is the physically largest member of the family Musaceae. Growing in the tropical forests of New Guinea, its leaves can reach a length of 5 meters and its trunk 2 meters in circumfrence.
Musa Sudi Yalahow Muse Sudi Yalahow () is a Somali warlord who served as Trade Minister in the Transitional Government of Ali Mohammed Ghedi. He was dismissed in June 2006 after ignoring government requests to halt fighting with the Islamic Courts Union militia.
Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū (無差別格闘流 "School of Indiscriminate Grappling") more commonly known as Anything Goes Martial Arts, is a fictional school of martial arts from the anime and manga series, Ranma ½. It is the art used by the main character Ranma Saotome as well as his fiancée Akane Tendo and founded by Happosai.
Musaeum Clausum Musaeum Clausum (Latin for Sealed Museum), also known as Bibliotheca abscondita, is a tract written by Sir Thomas Browne first published posthumously in 1684. The book contains short descriptions of supposed, rumoured or lost books pictures and objects.
Musaeum Tradescantianum The Musaeum Tradescantianum was the first public museum to be established in England. Located at Lambeth in south London, it comprised a collection of curiosities assembled by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building.
Musafir Musafir (Urdu: ﺭﻓﺎﺴﻤ, Hindi: मुसफ़िर, translation: traveller) is a 2004 Bollywood thriller directed by Sanjay Gupta and starring Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Sameera Reddy. The film was controversial because of some sensual scenes, including kissing, between Kapoor and Reddy's characters.
Musakhel District Musakhel (fort) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Musakhel was notified as a district on 1st January 1992 when Loralai District was divided into three districts, named Musakhel, Barkhan, and Loralai.
Musandam The Musandam (Arabic: مسندم) peninsula is an exclave region of Oman that is separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates. In the northern section of Musandam, around Kumzar, the current language is Kumzari, which is one of the south-western Iranian languages and a sub-branch of Persian.
Musannaf Musannaf hadīth collections are defined by their arrangement of content according to topic and constitute a major category within the class of all such works. Etymologically, musannaf is the passive particle of the Arabic verb sannafa, meaning to arrange by chapter, and so has the literal meaning of something that is sectionally arranged.
Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq A very early book of Hadith that was collected by Imam Abdu-Razzaq al-San'ani. It does not only contains a huge number of hadith traditions, but also many sayings of Sahaba and early Muslim scholars.
Musashi Gundoh is a Japanese anime television series, based on the story by Monkey Punch. It premiered in Japan on the satellite station BS-i on April 9, 2006, and is also set to be broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network Animax from October 2006.
Musashi Itsukaichi Station is the terminus of the JR East Itsukaichi Line. Located in Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan, the station has a single island platform, above ground level, for boarding trains heading toward Haijima Station on tracks on both sides.
Musashi Province Musashi (武蔵国; -no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki and Yokohama. Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, Shimousa, and Shimotsuke Provinces.
Musashi Tomoe Musashi Tomoe is a fictional character from the mecha series Getter Robo. He originally didn't appear in the manga, and was added exclusively for the original anime series presumably to create a more balanced age range among the Getter pilots (in the manga, Saotome pilots the third Getter himself).
Musashi-Sakai Station Musashi-sakai Station (武蔵境駅 -eki) is located in Musashino City (武蔵野市), part of western Tokyo, 23 km (14 miles) west of Shinjuku. It is served by the JR East Chūō Line, and is also the northern terminus of the short Seibu Tamagawa Line.
Musasir temple Musasir temple (1802 - 1870) During the early 1850's, the British Assyrian Excavation Fund entered the field under William Kennett Loftus and many antiquities and accurate drawings of wall sculptures were apportioned between the British Museum and the Louvre. However, a convoy of antiquities was attacked by Arab robbers while being shipped down the Tigris River, and today lies buried somewhere in the bed of that river.
Musavi (name) Musavi is a patronymic, common among Iranian Shi'a Muslims, even though it is originally a Arabic name. The name implies that the person is a direct desendant to the seventh of the Shi'a twelver Imams: Musa al-Kazim ibn Jafar as Sadiq.
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is a contemporary art museum in the Place des Arts complex, Montréal, Québec, Canada. The collection includes over 7,000 works of art by more than 1,500 artists (1,200 still living), covering contemporary art in Québec in particular and Canada in general, as well as international artists.
Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris on the left bank of the Seine near Musée d'Orsay RER line C station. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.
Musée départemental Maurice Denis "The Priory" The Musée départemental Maurice Denis "The Priory" is a museum dedicated to Nabi art located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the Parisian region. The museum is named for Maurice Denis, a French symbolist Nabi painter.
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace The Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, or The Museum of Air and Space, is a French museum, located in the south-eastern edge the Le Bourget Airport 10 km north of Paris. Occupying over 150,000 square meters of land and hangars, it is one of the oldest aviation museums in the world.
Musée de l'Armée The Musée de L'Armée is a museum at Les Invalides in Paris, France. Originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV, it now houses the Tomb of Napoleon and the museum of the Army of France.
Musée de l'Homme The Musée de l'Homme (French for "Museum of Man") was created in 1937 by Paul Rivet, for the event of the World's Fair. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878.
Musée de l'Orangerie The Musée de l'Orangerie is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Rousseau, Chaim Soutine, Alfred Sisley and Maurice Utrillo among others.
Musée des Arts et Métiers The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a depository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.
Musée des Augustins The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse, sited in a Gothic convent in Toulouse, France, conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. The paintings are metropolitan in scope, the sculptures representing Occitan culture of the region, with a particularly rich assemblage of Romanesque sculpture.
Musée du Vin (Paris) Opened in 1984, the Museum of Wine is a cultural venue in Paris testifying to the richness and diversity of the French craft of winemaking through an exposure to tools and objects used to work the vine and the wine. The collection is presented in an old setting used in the Middle Ages and arranged later in storerooms by the Tiny Brothers of the Convent of Passy.
Musée Français du Chemin de Fer The Cité du train (French: Musée français du chemin de fer), the French national railway museum, is located in Mulhouse, France. The main railway museum in France, it is the successor to the musée français du chemin de fer, the organisation responsible for the conservation of major historical SNCF railway equipment.
Musée Grévin The Musée Grévin is a waxwork museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards on the right bank of the Seine with some 500 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life. The Musée Grévin has a baroque architecture and includes a mirage room and a theater for magic shows.
Musée Marmottan-Monet Musée Marmottan-Monet is located at 2, rue Louis Boilly in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris (phone: +33-1-44-96-50-33, fax: +33-1-40-50-65-84). It features a collection of a hundred impressionist works by Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (French for "National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec") is a museum in Quebec City, Quebec gathering aproximately 25,000 works essentially produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artists, some of which dating from the 18th century. It also houses a library since 1987.
Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse The Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse is located in Mulhouse, France and houses the Schlumpf Collection of classic automobiles. It contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the World.
Musée Picasso The Musée Picasso is located in the Hôtel Salé on rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris. The mansion which houses the collection was built between 1656 and 1659 for Pierre Aubert, Lord of Fontenay, who became rich collecting the Salt Tax (the name of the building means "salted").
Musca Musca (IPA: , ) is one of the minor southern constellations. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
Musca Borealis Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus. The origin of the constellation is obscure, but it is was created not earlier than 17th century (see Vespa).
Muscadin The term Muscadin refers to idle youth, particularly young boys, during the time of the French Revolution. From about 1793-1795 these well-dressed young men rebelled against the carelessness of the Sans-culottes.
Muscadine Muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia) are a grapevine species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 16th Century. They are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling hours than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.
Muscarinic receptor agonist A muscarinic receptor agonist is an agent that enhances the activity of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The muscarinic receptor has different subtypes, labelled M1-M5, allowing for further differentiation.
Muscat (grape and wine) The muscat family of grapes of the species Vitis vinifera are widely grown for wine, raisins and table grapes. They range in color from white to almost black, but almost always have a pronounced sweet floral aroma.
Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC Muscat de Rivesaltes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for fortified wines (vin doux naturel) made in the Roussillon (Northern Catalonia) wine region of France. They are similar to Rivesaltes AOC wines, except for the grape varieties used.
Muscat of Alexandria Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. It is considered an "ancient vine" and wine experts believe it is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vine still in existence.
Muscat Ottonel Muscat Ottonel is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. It is most notable for its use in dessert wines from Austria and Croatia as well as dry wines from Alsace and Hungary.
Muscimol Muscimol (agarin, pantherine) is the major psychoactive alkaloid present in many mushrooms of the Amanita genus. Unlike psilocybin, a tryptamine, muscimol is a potent, selective agonist for one of the brain's primary neurotransmitters (GABAA).
Muscle Muscle (from Latin musculus "little mouse" Definition and origin of the word 'muscle') is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs.
Muscle biopsy In medicine, a muscle biopsy is a procedure in which a piece of muscle tissue is removed from an organism and examined microscopically. A biopsy needle is usually inserted into a muscle, wherein a small amount of tissue remains.
Muscle Beach Muscle Beach Venice is the proper name for the an area in Venice, California, United States, that is frequently referred to as "Muscle Beach" on Ocean Front Walk two blocks north of Venice Boulevard. The actual and original location of "Muscle Beach" is located on the beach two miles north of Venice, just south of Santa Monica Pier.
Muscle car A muscle car is a high-performance automobile. The term principally refers to American, Australian and South African models with large-capacity engines produced between 1964 and 1973 for American cars and between 1968 and 1976 for Australian cars.
Muscle contraction A muscle contraction (also known as a muscle twitch or simply twitch) occurs when a muscle cell (called a muscle fiber) lengthens or shortens. Locomotion in most higher animals is possible only through the repeated contraction of many muscles at the correct times.
Muscle dysmorphia Muscle dysmorphia is a disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with the idea that he or she is not muscular enough. Sometimes referred to as bigorexia or reverse anorexia nervosa, it is a very specific type of body dysmorphic disorder.
Muscle Energy Technique Muscle energy technique is used in osteopathic medicine to treat somatic dysfunction presenting as loss of range of motion secondary to muscular inhibition. There are several distinct techniques which may be called muscle energy techniques including reciprocal inhibition, and post-isometric relaxation.
Muscle fatigue Muscle fatigue is the decline in ability of a muscle to create force. It is a normal result of vigorous exercise but abnormal fatigue may be caused by barriers or interferences at many of the differing stages of muscle contraction.
Muscle reading Muscle reading is a technique used by mentalists to "read" the responses of their audience by carefully observing their reactions. This is sometimes done through physical contact, for example by holding the audience member's wrist.
Muscle shirt A muscle shirt is a type of t-shirt or undershirt worn mostly by men (hence the reason why they're called muscle shirts). The neck is usually similar to that of a t-shirt, while the sleeves are either much shorter or completely nonexistent.
Muscle spindle A muscle spindle is a specialized muscle structure innervated by both sensory and motor neuron axons. Its functions are to send proprioceptive information about the muscle to the central nervous system, and to respond to muscle stretching.
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as 'The Swampers', was based in the Alabama town Muscle Shoals, the site of legendary recording studios and home to many skilled musicians. Some of their members included Jimmy Johnson (guitar), Roger Hawkins (drums), David Hood (bass), and Barry Beckett (keyboards).
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio The distinctive Muscle Shoals sound moved from FAME Studios in 1969 when Barry Beckett (keyboards), Roger Hawkins (drums), Jimmy Johnson (guitar) and David Hood (bass) created their Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. They were the first rhythm section to own their own studios and, eventually, their own publishing and production companies.
MuscleCar MuscleCar is a television program whose hosts demonstrate how to rebuild muscle cars while sharing information about these cars and their history. It became a part of a group of shows called the Powerblock, currently shown on Spike TV, on January 7, 2006.
Muscomorpha The Brachyceran infraorder Muscomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the Brachycera, and, in fact, most of the known Diptera. It includes a number of the most familiar flies, such as the housefly, the fruit fly and the blowfly.
Musconetcong River The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 mi (71 km) long, in northwestern New Jersey in the United States. It flows through the rural mountainous country of northwestern New Jersey and is considered one of the most unspoiled waterways in the region.
Muscoot Reservoir The Muscoot Reservoir is a small reservoir in northern Westchester County, New York. It is located directly north of the village of Katonah, New York, and is over 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of New York City, which the reservoir eventually supplies with tapwater.
Muscovite Muscovite (also known as Common mica, Isenglass, or Potash micaEncyclopædia Britannica) is a phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2. It has a highly perfect basal cleavage yielding remarkably thin laminae (sheets), which are often highly elastic.
Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars The Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars (, , also known as Russo-Lithuanian Wars, or just either Muscovite Wars or Lithuanian Wars) The conflicts are referred to as 'Muscovite wars' (Polish: wojny moskiewskie) in Polish historiography and as 'Lithuanian wars' in Russian one; English historiography uses both, ex. 'Muscovite wars' in Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki, A Concise History of Poland, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-521-55917-0, Google Print, p.
Muscovy Company The Muscovy Company (also called Russian Company or Muscovy Trading Company, Russian: Московская компания), was a trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major English joint-stock trading company, the precursor of the type of business that would soon flourish in England, and became closely associated with such famous names as Henry Hudson and William Baffin.
Muscovy Duck The Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata is a large duck which is native to Mexico, Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the lower Rio Grande River basin in Texas as well as the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.
Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an organization founded in 1950 which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public.
Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation Founded in 1958, the Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation (MDFF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit health agency located in Indianapolis, Indiana whose motto is No Boundaries. The MDFF has no affiliation with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) or the fund-raising telethons associated with them.
Muscular Christianity Muscular Christianity is the view of the Victorian-era English writers Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hughes (though the name was bestowed by others). Kingsley and Hughes promoted physical strength and health (at least for men) as well as a vigorous pursuit of Christian ideals in personal life and politics.
Muscular system The muscular system is the biological system of humans that allows them to move. The muscular system in vertebrates is controlled through the nervous system, although some muscles (such as the cardiac muscle) can be completely autonomous.
Musculi pectinati In the right atrium, behind the crest the internal surface of the atrium is smooth, while in front of it the muscular fibers of the wall are raised into parallel ridges resembling the teeth of a comb, and hence named the musculi pectinati (pectinate muscles).
Musculoskeletal disorders Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can affect the body's muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Most-work related MSDs develop over time and are caused either by the work itself or by the employees' working environment.
Musculoskeletal system The musculoskeletal system (MSK) is an organ system that gives animals the ability to physically move, by using the muscles and skeletal system. Apart from locomotion, the skeleton also lends support and protects internal organs.
Musculus uvulae The Musculus uvulæ (Azygos uvulæ) arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis; it descends to be inserted into the uvula and is innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus.
Muse (EP) Muse is the self-titled debut EP release by the English rock band Muse, released in March, 1998. Recorded at Sawmills recording studio in Cornwall, it was released on the studio's in-house Dangerous Records label on a limited run of 999 hand-numbered copies.
Muse Software Muse Software was a software and computer game publisher and developer for the first generation of home computers. They first published for the Apple II, and later expanded to the Commodore 64, Atari, and the IBM PC.
Museme A museme is a minimal unit of musical meaning, analogous to a morpheme in linguistics, "the basic unit of musical expression which in the framework of one given musical system is not further divisible without destruction of meaning." A museme may:
Museo Antropologico y de Arte Contemporaneo Museo Antropologico y de Arte Contemporaneo (MAAC) is a state-of-the-art museum in Guayaquil, Ecuador celebrating Ecuadorian, Latin American and Pre-Colombian art and culture. MAAC is a welcome addition to Malécon, the renovated riverwalk in Guayaquil.
Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica (Italian, Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture) is a museum in Rome, Italy, featuring a collection of works acquired by the collector Giovanni Barracco, who donated his collection to the City of Rome in 1902.
Museo Carmen Funes Museo Municipal Carmen Funes, or in English the Carmen Funes Municipal Museum, is a small museum in Plaza Huincul, Argentina with a collection of dinosaur fossils, including the only specimen of the largest dinosaur known, Argentinosaurus huinculensis; and the only known sauropod embryoes, which were discovered at a huge nesting site in Auca Mahuida, Patagonia.
Museo Correr The Museo Correr is the civic museum of Venice. It is located in the prominent Piazza San Marco, facing the basilica of the same name, and partially occupies and is entered by way or the Napoleonic wing of the bureaucratic buildings, or Procuratie, framing three-quarters of the piazza.
Museo de Arte Moderno The Museo de Arte Moderno or National Museum of Modern Art is located in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. The museum is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and prepares exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists.
Museo Descubre Museo Descubre is an interactive museum of Science located in the City of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. The building of 6,465 square meters, and a modern design, it's the seventh in its genera in the country.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofĂ­a The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofĂ­a (MNCARS) is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art (informally shortened to the Museo Reina SofĂ­a, Queen Sofia Museum, or simply The Sofia). The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain.
Museo Pambata Museo Pambata the Philippines' premier children's museum, hopes to answer some of these questions - and stimulate children to be even more inquisitive and eager to learn. It is a place of hands-on discovery, a child's window to the world, providing a view that stays honest and consistent amidst changing images and meanings.
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum) is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal, containing an impressive collection of ancient (and some modern) art. The museum was founded according to Calouste Gulbenkian's last will, in order to accommodate and display Gulbenkian's art collection belonging now to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Museu da Tabanka The Museu da Tabanka or Tabanca is a special museum in Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde that is related with music, notably the tabanka. The building was built by the Repartição da Fazenda e dos Correios which is considered a cultural and historic heritage site for its architectural tracings, the actual Assomada Cultural Centre is located in the heart of the city.
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará. It was founded in 1866 as the Pará Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, and later named in honour of Swiss naturalist Émil August Goeldi, who reorganized the former institution and was its director from 1894 to 1905.
Museu Paulista The Museu Paulista of University of Sao Paulo, best known as Museu do Ipiranga, is one of the most important museums in Brazil. A historic museum, it contains a collection of objects, mobiles and art with historic relevance, especially those that have a relationship to the era of Brazilian independence.
Museu Picasso The Museu Picasso (Picasso Museum) in Barcelona, Spain, has one of the most extensive collections of artworks by the 20th century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. This is one of the most popular and most visited museum in Barcelona.
Museum A museum is typically a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment." This definition is taken from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Statutes.
Museum attendant A museum attendant (or gallery attendant) looks after a gallery in a museum for security reasons, to help museum visitors, and sometimes to help curators in moving objects or changing the gallery displays. The position is normally poorly paid and is sometimes undertaken by volunteers.
Museum Campus Chicago Museum Campus Chicago is a 57 acre (230,850 m²) lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. It opened in 1998 after completion of the realignment of Lake Shore Drive.
Museum Computer Network The Museum Computer Network (MCN) is a US-based non-profit organization for professionals with an interest in the use of computer technology for museums. It runs an annual conference, the MCN-L discussion forum, special interest groups, an online directory of museum websites, etc.
Museum De Hallen, Haarlem Museum De Hallen is the name of the exhibition space on the Grote Markt, Haarlem, the Netherlands, where modern and contemporary art is on display in alternating presentations. The emphasis is on contemporary photograph and video presentations, with the focus on Man and society.

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