wax museum

noun

: a place where wax effigies (as of famous historical persons) are exhibited

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Have family and friends come over to mimic the wax museum presentation. —

Meghan Leahy, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023 The wax museum’s down there. —

Christie D'zurilla Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 9 Dec. 2022 The wax museum’s reopened. —

Mónica De La Torre, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 Turns out running a wax museum can help rack in the big bucks. —

Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023 Students turned into teachers at the living wax museum as part of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60′s Black History Month celebration. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023

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