Question

The first scholarly research institute, a building in which scholars dined together and produced encyclopedias of knowledge, was established during Hellenistic Greece. What was it called?
the Museum
the Library
the Consortium
the Illuminati

Answer 1

The Museum

The first scholarly research institute, a building in which scholars dined together and produced encyclopedias of knowledge and was established during the Hellenistic Greece was called the Museum. It was a center of research, with laboratories and observatories. It has scholars such Euclid and Eratosthenes working there. The word museum comes from a Greek word which means a place or temple dedicated to the Muses. As popularly known, Muses were the patron divinities of arts in Greek mythology.