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Madame Tussauds
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Madame Tussauds
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United Kingdom
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Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London NW1 5LR, United Kingdom

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About Madame Tussauds
It is a popular wax museum founded in the year 1835 by Marie Tussaud in London.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Madame Tussauds

  • Do you know the founder of this museum had made her first art piece named Francois Voltaire when she was just sixteen?
  • She also spent some time behind the bar for making death masks of executed nobles at the time of the French Revolution.
  • You will be amazed to see the wax portraits of your favorite celebrity at the place but still, you don't know that it requires six months, forty-five thousand dollars, over 250 precise measurements, 2400 lbs of wax and photographs of the person whose statue is to be made.
    You will be amazed to see the wax portraits of your favorite celebrity at the place but still, you don't know that it requires six months, forty-five
  • If the person is living he or she are invited to get the right body measurements. While if the statue of a historical person who has already passed away is to be made, the team has to make researches and had to discover past pictures so as to get proper measurement of the statue.
    If the person is living he or she are invited to get the right body measurements. While if the statue of a historical person who has already passed aw
  • You will be amazed to know that all the statues at the museum get their hair washed and make-up retouched on the regular basis just like real celebrity.
  • The authorities has assigned two maintenance team to check each figure daily before the museum is open for the public.
  • Many statue get destroyed in a massive fire in 1925 but good thing was that the mould remained intact and a number of them were recreated.
  • Also the museum faced heavy loss at the time of the second World War in 1940 when it was hit by a bomb in which more than 350 head moulds were destroyed and a cinema was completely demolished.
    Also the museum faced heavy loss at the time of the second World War in 1940 when it was hit by a bomb in which more than 350 head moulds were destroy
  • Now there are also overseas branches of the museum which includes museums in Tokyo, Sydney, Beijing and six in the USA.
  • It opens everyday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
  • An adult has to pay 28.50 Euro to enter the museum. Also has an option to buy the tickets online.

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