A Museum is location devoted to the educational interpretation and display of objects having historical, scientific and/or artistic value.
In 2152, the Paraagan mining colony on Paraagan II had a museum. (ENT: "Shockwave, Part I")
In the 2360s, a Constitution class starship was housed in the Federation's Fleet Museum. (TNG: "Relics")
By 2370 the Enterprise (NX-01) had long been a museum ship. (ENT: "These Are the Voyages...")
In 2370, Quark's cousin Kono was wanted on Cardassia V for stealing bone carvings from a museum. (DS9: "Shadowplay")
In 2371, several Nausicaans broke into a museum on Remmil VI. (DS9: "Change of Heart")
In an alternate timeline, Annorax called his Temporal weapon ship a "museum of lost histories". (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part I, Part II")
In another alternate timeline, the USS Voyager had been turned into a museum by 2404. (VOY: "Endgame")
Museums
- Bajoran State Museum
- Central Museum of Remmil VI
- Cetacean Institute
- Fleet Museum
- Fort Knox
- Kyrian Museum of Heritage
- Norcadian Museum of Entomology
- Royal Museum of Epsilon Hydra VII
- Smithsonian Institution
Background Information
When the script of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor" describes the state of the Defiant in the early 2400s, it notes that the "dedication plaque is probably gone... an exhibit in a museum somewhere".