1.   At the time, the government said museum guards had apparently been sleeping off the effects of a Christmas Eve party.

2.   Either theory would explain the story a museum guard told last summer on National Public Radio.

3.   His father, a hotel waiter, and his mother, a museum guard, are both worried about possible layoffs.

4.   In the midst of current economic chaos that has left museum guards unpaid months at a time, the Russian State Museum is celebrating its centennial this year.

5.   In this gallery, the museum guards come off as maximum-strength floor walkers.

6.   Museum guards, who have become accustomed to such outbursts over the toilet piece and another where visitors may stand on a flag, managed to keep the peace.

7.   Museum guards, who have become accustomed to such outbursts, managed to keep the peace.

8.   Museum guards discovered the theft on Christmas Day.

9.   On crowded days some of the pieces, especially a policeman leaning against a wall like a museum guard, may blend with the public.

10.   She circled the empty parking lot several times, inadvertently catching the attention of museum guards watching the video monitors.