The Muses are the nine inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek and Roman mythology.
Muse or muses may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
editIn general
edit- Muse (person), a human inspiration for or influence on the works of a creative artist
Music
edit- Muse (band), an English rock band
- Muse Records, an American jazz record label
- Muse (Grace Jones album) (1979)
- Muse (Candy Lo album) (2000)
- Muse (Jimin album) (2024)
- Muse (EP), an EP by Muse
- Muse (Jolin Tsai album) (2012)
- Muse Group, a music software and education company
Film
edit- The Muse (film), a 1999 film by Albert Brooks
- Luster (film) or Muse, a 2002 film by Everett Lewis
- Muse (2017 film), an English-language Spanish supernatural thriller film
- Muse (2019 film), a British psychological horror film
Magazines
editOther uses in arts, entertainment and media
edit- Muse (novel), a 2013 novel by Mary Novik
- "Muse" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 2000 TV episode
- Muse Entertainment, Canadian independent film and television producer and service provider
- Muse (character), a character from Marvel Comics and enemy of Daredevil
- Muse, a character from DC Comics and enemy of Blue Beetle
- Muse Communication, also known as simply Muse, a Taiwanese distributor and licensor
- The Muse, character in The Muse ARG
- Muse (web series), a pornographic drama series
- "Muse" (Endeavour), a 2018 TV episode
Education
edit- Mercer University School of Engineering, in Georgia, US
- Multicultural Urban Secondary English, a program at University of California, Berkeley, US
People
edit- Muse (surname)
- Muse Bihi Abdi (born 1948), president of Somaliland from 2017 to 2024
- Muse Watson (born 1948), American actor
Places
edit- Muse, Myanmar, a town on Shweli River in Shan State, Myanmar
- Muse, Florida
- Muse, Oklahoma
Science and technology
editComputing
edit- MusE, an open-source MIDI/audio sequencer for Linux
- MuseScore, a music notation software
- Adobe Muse, Adobe software to write HTML code
- Muse Software, a software and computer game publisher and developer
- Muse Group, a music software developer
- Project MUSE, a digital archive
Spacecraft
edit- MUSE (spacecraft), a 2026 proposed orbiter mission to the planet Uranus
- Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE), planned NASA heliophysics mission
- MUSES Program, Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft
Other uses in science and technology
edit- Mac Muse, a Czech paraglider design
- Muse cell, a stem cell
- Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding, a Japanese analog HDTV television standard
- MUSE LaserDisc (Hi-Vision LD), a short-lived high-definition version of LaserDisc based on the above
- Multi-unit spectroscopic explorer, an instrument at the Very Large Telescope
- MUSE, a brand name for Prostaglandin E1, an erectile dysfunction treatment
Other uses
edit- Muse (building), a planned condo development in Sunny Isles, Florida
- Muse (clan), a Somalian clan
- Muse (headband), a brand of brain activity sensing headband
- MUSE - Museo delle Scienze, a science museum in Trento, Italy
- Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, a concert hall complex in Tokorozawa, Japan
- Triadex Muse, an electronic digital musical instrument
- Musicians United for Safe Energy, an anti-nuclear activist group founded in 1979