Depository vs. Museum — What's the Difference?

A place where something is deposited, as for storage or safekeeping; a repository.

A museum ( mew-ZEE-əm; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.

A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited

A trustee; a depositary.

A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.

A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value