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ID: 300312308
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300312308

 

Record Type: concept
wax museums (institutions) (museums (institutions), <institutions by activity>, ... Organizations (hierarchy name))

 

Note: 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 (institutions) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
wax museum (institution) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
wax work cabinets (institutions) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
waxworks (institutions) (C,U,LC,English,UF,U,N)
museums, wax (institutions) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
蠟像館 (機構) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,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 (instellingen) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
wassenbeeldenmuseum (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HN

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Organizations (hierarchy name)
.... Organizations (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of organizations (groups)
........ organizations (groups) (G)
Hierarchy of institutions (organizations)
............ institutions (organizations) (G)
Hierarchy of <institutions by activity>
................ <institutions by activity> (G)
Hierarchy of museums (institutions)
.................... museums (institutions) (G)
Hierarchy of wax museums (institutions)
........................ wax museums (institutions) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 專門陳列蠟製品的博物館,常為實物的逼真複製品,或以歷史人物為主的真人雕像。蠟像館中的人像常穿著真實服裝,且其姿勢彷彿正在進行其代表性的活動。 
Dutch ..... Musea die zijn gespecialiseerd in werken die zijn gemaakt van was, vaak realistische replica's van bestaande objecten of gebeeldhouwde portretten van mensen, vooral historische figuren. Menselijke figuren in wassenbeeldenmusea zijn vaak gekleed in echte kleding en hebben een houding alsof ze representatieve activiteiten uitvoeren. 

Related concepts:
work/live in ....  wax museums (buildings)
......................  (<museums buildings by subject>, museums (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300005856]

Sources and Contributors:
蠟像館 (機構)............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
.................  智慧藏百科全書網 February 18, 2013
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-)
museums, wax (institutions)............  [VP]
...............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
wassenbeeldenmusea (instellingen)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
........................................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
wassenbeeldenmuseum............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
wax museum (institution)............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
wax museums (institutions)............  [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 (institutions)............  [VP]
.....................................................  Dictionarium Museologicum (1986)
waxworks (institutions)............  [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, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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