has part museum collection museum A museum may make its collections available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The class museum has meaning that is much broader than biological collecitons. It may be better to import this term from another, more general ontology and create a specific subclass for natural history museum. An institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance. ISBN:9780759105096 The Louvre Museum The Smithsonian Institution organization ready for release