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I'd be more inclined to believe that the museum wanted to display an example of a New Service, and did so regardless of caliber.
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This is certainly possible. However it is also possible that it actually is
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a Colt New Service .44-40 Revolver, and it was listed as used in WW2.
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Remember that "used in WW2" does not automatically mean used in combat, or issued by the military, it can mean that but it is also accurate if the gun was carried by anyone in some service at any point during the WW2 years.
Small numbers of very "unofficial" guns and calibers were "used in WW2" somewhere, usually on the home front. We had guys guarding fir forests with Winchester 94s in WWI. Probably had something very similar (and possibly very little known) in WW2 as well.
I will do some searching see if anything turns up. If it was something privately carried, there won't be anything official to find. Gun still could have technically been "used in WW2" though.