Sentence examples for common museum from inspiring English sources

"My enormous preference would be to do what is traditionally done by big collectors who are not just boiling over with cash, where there is a small purchase and a large gift," he said, referring to the common museum practice of paying for only part of a donation's value, which allows the donor to claim a tax deduction and also reap direct proceeds.

Before distributable digital media such as CD-ROM and the World Wide Web were common, museums were the only places the general public could encounter computer-based interactive learning experiences.

Since our story about how donors could save on taxes by giving away artwork a fraction at a time, such gifts have become far more common, museums tell us.

And tattoos have become common among museum workers.

The species now numbers barely more than a hundred and twenty; it is more common in museum collections than in the wild.

Wood has been chosen as a test sample because it is readily available in both modern and historic forms, it is also a material that is common within museum collections and it can be easily modelled.

This is becoming more and more common in museums.

The Museum of Modern Art, for example, approves requests to view undisplayed work only from curators, scholars and auction house professionals, a policy common among museums.

But the spirit of "Work No. 965" is everywhere, common among curators, museum directors and, of course, artists.

Mr. Tschumi won the competition with a design that seemed chaste and austere by comparison with the flamboyant confabulations that are now common in contemporary museum design.

While 3 through 11 is a tough range in which to find common ground, this museum does have something for each of those age groups.