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

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.