Meanings
nounwax museum (plural wax museums)
plural wax museums
- A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.
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.
2020, James McKay, Ray Milland: The Films, 1929–1984, McFarland, →ISBN, page 261
Translations
Arabic مَتْحَف شَمْع
- مَتْحَف شَمْع (matḥaf šamʕ)museum featuring statues made of wax
Chinese Mandarin 蠟像館 /蜡像馆
- 蠟像館 /蜡像馆 (làxiàngguǎn)museum featuring statues made of wax
Czech panoptikum
- panoptikummuseum featuring statues made of wax
Dutch panopticum, wassenbeeldenmuseum
- panopticummuseum featuring statues made of wax
- wassenbeeldenmuseummuseum featuring statues made of wax
Finnish vahakabinetti
- vahakabinettimuseum featuring statues made of wax
French musée de cire
- musée de ciremuseum featuring statues made of wax
German Wachsfigurenkabinett, Panoptikum
- Wachsfigurenkabinettmuseum featuring statues made of wax
- Panoptikummuseum featuring statues made of wax
Hebrew מוּזֵאוֹן שַׁעֲוָה
- מוּזֵאוֹן שַׁעֲוָה (muze'ón sha'avá)museum featuring statues made of wax
Hungarian viaszmúzeum
- viaszmúzeummuseum featuring statues made of wax
Icelandic vaxmyndasafn
- vaxmyndasafnmuseum featuring statues made of wax
Italian museo delle cere
- museo delle ceremuseum featuring statues made of wax
Japanese 蝋人形館
- 蝋人形館 (rōningyō-kan)museum featuring statues made of wax
Korean 밀랍 인형 박물관, 밀랍 박물관
- 밀랍 인형 박물관 (millap inhyeong bangmulgwan)museum featuring statues made of wax
- 밀랍 박물관 (millap bangmulgwan)museum featuring statues made of wax
Polish gabinet figur woskowych, panoptikum
- gabinet figur woskowychmuseum featuring statues made of wax
- panoptikummuseum featuring statues made of wax
Portuguese museu de cera
- museu de ceramuseum featuring statues made of wax
Romanian muzeu de ceară
- muzeu de cearămuseum featuring statues made of wax
Russian музе́й восковы́х фигу́р
- музе́й восковы́х фигу́р (muzéj voskovýx figúr)museum featuring statues made of wax
Spanish museo de cera
- museo de ceramuseum featuring statues made of wax
Swedish vaxkabinett
- vaxkabinettmuseum featuring statues made of wax
Cite this entry
APA
wax museum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20museum
MLA
“wax museum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20museum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wax museum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20museum.
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