静せい態たい保ほ存ぞん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

static preservation; preservation for display only

Technical term used in museums, railway preservation, and industrial heritage contexts. Refers to keeping machinery, vehicles, or equipment in a non-operational state for exhibition, as opposed to 動態保存 (operational preservation).

See also: 動態保存

• この蒸じょう気き機き関かん車しゃは静せい態たい保ほ存ぞんされており、もう動うごくことはない。

  This steam locomotive is preserved for static display and will never run again.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんでは多おおくの機き械かいが静せい態たい保ほ存ぞんされている。

  Many machines are preserved in a static state at the museum.