wax museum
noun
a museum containing wax effigies of famous persons, especially historical figures, usually in scenes associated with their lives.
wax museums
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pluralof wax museum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Blackstone portfolio company Merlin Entertainments, the business behind the Madame Tussauds wax museums and Legoland theme parks, introduced Blackstone to Huskeys, Fletcher said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Times Square of today often seems like a theme park, a blend of wax museums, flashy billboards and slow-walking, street-clogging tourists.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
The massive project, dubbed the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis, would include 20 film studios, cinemas, a theme park, hotels and wax museums.
From Economist ● Sep. 26, 2013
Hitler was also prominently featured on a billboard for one of the nation’s wax museums.
From Time ● Sep. 1, 2013
They didn’t smell bad at first, were wax museums.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
