.museum

Also known as dot museum

.museum is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet used exclusively by museums, museum associations, and individual members of the museum profession, as these groups are defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

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Within Vinony's link graph, .museum is referenced by 137 other articles, and connects out to list of Internet top-level domains, proposed top-level domain and .au.

It sits within the topics Domain Name System Security Extensions, International Council of Museums and Internet properties established in 2001.

Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Top level domain.name: museum
Top level domain.background: FCC
Top level domain.image: 250px|.museum – The most interesting museums in the world. All connected in a single dot.
Top level domain.introduced: 2001
Top level domain.type: Sponsored top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: Museum Domain Management Association
Top level domain.sponsor: Museum Domain Management Association (set up by International Council of Museums)
Top level domain.intendeduse: Museums
Top level domain.actualuse: Museums (though few use it as their primary advertised address)
Top level domain.restrictions: Credentials of applicants are checked before registration is permitted
Top level domain.structure: Registrations originally had to be at third or higher level beneath generic category, but later direct second-level registrations were allowed
Top level domain.document: ICANN registry agreement
Top level domain.disputepolicy: UDRP, Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Procedure (CEDRP)
Top level domain.website: welcome.museum
Top level domain.dnssec: yes

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Official website

.MUSEUM – The most interesting museums in the world. All connected in a single dot.

welcome.museum →

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: sponsored top-level domain
Named after: museum
Official website: welcome.museum

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inception: 2001-00-00
maintained by: AFNIC

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In joint action with the J. Paul Getty Trust, ICOM established the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma), headed by Cary Karp, for the purpose of submitting an application to ICANN for the creation of the new generic top-level domain (gTLD), and to operate a registry. The domain was entered into the DNS root on 20 October 2001, and was the first sponsored top-level domain to be instituted through ICANN's action.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “.museum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.