provincial museum

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandmuseum

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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museum
noun[C]
uk
/mjuːˈziː.əm/us
/mjuːˈziː.əm/
a building where objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interest ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandmuseumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have here many instances of local pride, many instances of long tradition; but we need a major reform in theprovincialmuseumservice.
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As responsibility for provincial museums rests mainly with local authorities it would not be desirable to establish an outstation from a national collection within aprovincialmuseum.
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I take as an example a very fineprovincialmuseumcollection which last year loaned 120 of its pictures, more than ever before, nationally, locally and overseas.
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How many of us have wandered from time to time around a smallprovincialmuseumwhich is squalid and badly lit, and whose directors are badly paid?
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He was, indeed, one of the first to make a career as a paid excavation employee for aprovincialmuseum.
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Purchased in 1970 by theprovincialmuseum, the car was restored in 1973 for static display.
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It boasts 375,000 visitors a year, the largest of allprovincialmuseumattractions.
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He reissued a new charter, held reorganizations, supportedprovincialmuseumlaunches and controlled their activities.
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The museum was a part of a cultural center in the city that consisted of a theater, a library and aprovincialmuseum.
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Although much smaller than theprovincialmuseum, the municipal museum still houses a collection of more than 20,000 items, most of which were recovered in the city area.
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At the same time, however, collectors were shaping provincial museums in their own image.
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The conditions of employment in provincial museums and galleries are, of course, the responsibility of the authorities that maintain them.
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Provincial museums and galleries cannot all be lumped together.
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We improved the conditions governing the acceptance of works of art in lieu of estate duty in such a way as to benefit provincial museums.
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I have, in the published report, a long schedule of pictures which went last year to provincial museums, on loan.
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I believe that many provincial museums would close if they could not make charges.
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The boards will continue to make available to provincial museums the services that are at present available.
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What we do not want at any cost is to see our money spent in creating a string of provincial museums.
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I am sure we shall be relieved to hear that there is no bar to objects being transferred to provincial museums.
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It would save an immense amount of money and would encourage the provincial museums to take these collections.
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