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ID: 300005856
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005856

 

Record Type: concept
wax museums (buildings) (<museums buildings by subject>, museums (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Buildings housing museums that specialize in works made from wax, often realistic duplications of actual objects or sculptural portraits of people, especially historical characters. Human figures in wax museums are often dressed in real clothing and posed as if carrying out representative activities.
 
Terms:
wax museums (buildings) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
wax museum (buildings) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
wax work cabinets (buildings) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
waxworks (museum buildings) (C,U,LC,English,UF,U,N)
museums, wax (buildings) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
蠟像館 (建築物) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
蠟像博物館 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
là xiàng guǎn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
la xiang guan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
la hsiang kuan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
wassenbeeldenmusea (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
wassenbeeldenmuseum (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
museos de cera (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
museo de cera (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of exhibition buildings
........................ exhibition buildings (G)
Hierarchy of museums (buildings)
............................ museums (buildings) (G)
Hierarchy of <museums buildings by subject>
................................ <museums buildings by subject> (G)
Hierarchy of wax museums (buildings)
.................................... wax museums (buildings) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 專門收藏蠟製品的博物館,藏品多為實物的擬真仿製品或人物塑像,尤以歷史人物居多。蠟像館中的人像常穿著真實衣物,並擺出人物之招牌動作。 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  cast museums (buildings)
..................................  (<museums buildings by subject>, museums (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300449009]
locus/setting for ....  wax museums (institutions)
................................  (museums (institutions), <institutions by activity>, ... Organizations (hierarchy name)) [300312308]

Sources and Contributors:
蠟像館 (建築物)............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
蠟像博物館............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..............  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
la hsiang kuan............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
la xiang guan............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..........................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
là xiàng guǎn............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..........................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
museo de cera............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
..........................  TAA database (2000-)
museos de cera............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
museums, wax (buildings)............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
wassenbeeldenmusea............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  ICOM, Dictionary of Museology (1986)
wassenbeeldenmuseum............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  ICOM, Dictionary of Museology (1986)
wax museum (buildings)............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
wax museums (buildings)............  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  AAM, Official Museum Directory (1989)
.........................................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.........................................  Dictionarium Museologicum (1986)
.........................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.........................................  Icom News (1948-) Vol. 4, No. 3, 8, ICOM News 1988
.........................................  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
wax work cabinets (buildings)............  [VP]
..................................................  Dictionarium Museologicum (1986)
waxworks (museum buildings)............  [VP]
...............................................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) sh 85145806
...............................................  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
...............................................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
...............................................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  ICOM, Dictionary of Museology (1986)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]

 

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