museumificationn.
/mjuːˌzɪəmᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, /mjᵿˌzɪəmᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /mjuˌziəməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ = museumization n.
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1966 F. Schurmann Ideol. & Organization in Communist China Introd. 7 There are lingering vestiges of Confucian humanism, but Confucius' ‘museumification’ by the Chinese Communists testifies to its present-day impotence as a living ethos.
1989 Observer 4 Jan. 75/5 Records of lives lived..are the stuff of the Beamish Open Air Museum... Museumification remains the obvious initiative following closures.
2000 J. J. Sheehan Museums German Art World ii. 51 Those for whom such objects were still living symbols decried their museumification.
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