Mouseion Musaeum atau di Alexandria bahasa Yunani Kuno Μουσεῖον τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας yang mencakup Perpustakaan Alexandria 1

Musaeum atau Mouseion di Alexandria (bahasa Yunani Kuno: Μουσεῖον τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας), yang mencakup Perpustakaan Alexandria, adalah sebuah lembaga yang didirikan oleh Ptolemy I Soter atau mungkin putranya Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Pada awalnya, Musaeum ("Institusi Muses") adalah tempat pembelajaran musik atau syair, sebuah sekolah filsafat dan perpustakaan seperti Akademi Plato, yang juga merupakan gudang teks-teks.

Perpustakaan Kuno Alexandria.

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The relation of the institutions is still a matter of debate. The Musaeum is discussed by P.M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria (1972: vol. I:213-19 etc), and Mostafa el-Addabi, The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria (Paris 1990:84-90).

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M MacLeod, Roy, The Library of Alexandria: centre of learning in the ancient world, 2000.
El-Abbadi, Mostafa, The life and fate of the ancient library of Alexandria, 1990.
Canfora, Luciano, The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World, 1987. (The only modern history.)
Young Lee, Paula, "The Musaeum of Alexandria and the formation of the 'Museum' in eighteenth-century France," in The Art Bulletin, September 1997.

[1] The relation of the institutions is still a matter of debate. The Musaeum is discussed by P.M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria (1972: vol. I:213-19 etc), and Mostafa el-Addabi, The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria (Paris 1990:84-90).