Usually means: Museum dedicated to sculpture collection.
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  1. Glyptothek, glyptothek: Wordnik
  2. Glyptothek (Momus album), Glyptothek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Glyptothek)

noun:  a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- glypto- "sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container").
noun:  an album by Scottish musician Momus.


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