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The word “museum” comes from the Greek word “mouseion,” which were temples dedicated to the Muses and the art forms they nurtured. The most famous museum of the ancient world was the museum of Alexandria, built by Ptolemy I Soter in 300 B.C. Like the great library of Alexandria, its purpose was to protect and share knowledge. The first public museum in England was the Ashmolean, named after Elias Ashmole (1617-1692). Among its collection of oddities were the remains of a dodo that inspired Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The Smithsonian Institute is a collection of nineteen museums and galleries in the Washington D.C. area. There, you can view the Apollo 11 command module, the Hope diamond, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers. May 18 is International Museum Day: an annual day set aside for cultural reflection and celebration. It’s a great day to visit a museum near you, and to think about what we want to preserve for future generations.