wax museum

English

Noun

wax museum (plural wax museums)

A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.
- 2020, James McKay, Ray Milland: The Films, 1929–1984, McFarland, →ISBN, page 261:
  On the eve of selling his London wax museum to American Amos Burns, Claude Dupree is murdered by his Jack the Ripper figure, which apparently comes to life.

Related terms

waxwork
waxworks
wax figure

Translations

museum featuring statues made of wax

French: musée de cire (fr) m
German: Wachsfigurenkabinett (de) n, Panoptikum (de) n
Italian: museo delle cere m
Portuguese: museu de cera m
Spanish: museo de cera m

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