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museumgoer

museumgoer

1 3.7
A person who often goes to museums
  • noun
  • /mjuˈziːəmˌɡoʊər/
translation icon : visitante de museos
  • The museumgoers were thrilled to see the new dinosaur exhibit that opened last week.
  • museumgoers will see
  • museumgoers looking

Examples

  • It is museumgoers who vote to determine the prizewinner—a process that has angered many L.A. artists and fueled a discussion about whether popularity is an appropriate goal for visual art.

    Blog text (30)
  • These are intriguing juxtapositions but highly problematic, for it is not clear what museumgoers will gain from them.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Most museumgoers will walk right by.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You may be sure that the crowd of people visiting a museum at 2 a.m. is made up of dedicated museumgoers or event enthusiasts.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The idea is that museumgoers can play with these things, taking them from the drawers and arranging them around the room.

    Blog text (30)
  • Commentaries by members of the African Diaspora are valuable but should not replace more basic "grounding" for the average museumgoer.

    Academic text (2006)
  • While the spotlights focused on the objects and gave them center stage, there were texts providing the information many museumgoers seek, such as biographical information and the date on which the art piece was made.

    Academic text (2006)
  • These museumgoers wanted information stated clearly and concisely; they wanted a more direct correlation between the opening statements on this panel and the actual case installations they would see inside the gallery.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As a passionate museumgoer, she visits art exhibits every month to learn more about culture.

  • Every Saturday, a group of enthusiastic museumgoers gathers to explore the latest installations at the local museum.

Synonyms

sightseer
vsmuseumgoer
3 2.8

A person who visits famous places while traveling as a tourist

goes to cultural sites regularly rather than mainly when traveling
habitué
vsmuseumgoer
1 9.9

A person who often visits the same place, like a café

attends cultural collections specifically rather than any familiar place
frequenter
vsmuseumgoer
1 5.0

A person who regularly goes to the same place, often as a customer

goes to public collections for interest rather than as a customer
gallery-goer
vsmuseumgoer
5.7

A person who often visits art galleries to see paintings or sculptures

visits public collections broadly rather than only art exhibition spaces

How Often

museumgoer
1 3.7
visitor
908 1.0

Surface Forms

museumgoer singular
museumgoers plural

Morphology

museumgoer = museum + goer (transparent) = museum + goer

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'museum' + 'goer' and the meaning is directly predictable for learners.

Etymology

Museumgoer combines museum (from the Greek Mouseion, meaning 'place of the Muses') and the familiar English ending -goer (as in 'churchgoer' or 'partygoer') meaning 'one who goes'. So a museumgoer is a person who goes to museums to see art and history.