Madame Tussauds is an eminent wax museum in London with several braches in a number of popular cities. This world famous wax museum was established by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud and was previously known as “Madame Tussaud's”. However, the apostrophe from, the name has been deleted in recent times. The beautiful wax museum is an incredible tourist attraction in London, featuring waxworks of ancient and majestic figures, film starts, politicians, movie stars and too much surprise, known murderers.
The history behind this creative idea is very interesting.
Marie Tussaud, was born on 1 December, 1761in Anna Maria
Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France. Her mother was appointed
as a housekeeper in Bern, Switzerland, under a physician,
Dr. Philippe Curtius, who was skilled in preparing wax
models. She learnt this beautiful art form from Dr. Philippe
Curtius. In the year 1778, she made her first wax model
of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She has also created a model
of her own, which is displayed at the opening of the
museum.
Famous attraction of Madame Tussauds museum is the Chamber
of Horrors, which is a part of exhibition housed victims
of the French Revolution as well as recently created
figures of murderers & other known criminals. Some
other celebrated personalities added in the museum are
Horatio Nelson and Sir Walter Scott. The museum initially
sheltered about 400 different figures, but a fire incident
in 1925, paired with German bombs in 1941, has destroyed
most of the older models. The casts themselves have lasted,
permitting the ancient waxworks to be recreated, which
are seen in the history exhibit of the museum. The oldest
figure exhibited in the museum is of Madame du Barry.
Other popular figures from the ancient times are George
III, Robespierre & Benjamin Franklin.
The best part about this amazing museum is that the figures are too identical to the real ones. The glamour section of Madame Tussauds grabs most of the attention. And why not, as it’s the most easiest and convenient way to meet your favorite movie stars in personal. Truly, the creativity of Madame Tussauds is one of its kinds. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum can also be explored in places like New York City, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dubai, Blackpool, Hong Kong, Hollywood, Jakarta, Las Vegas, Shanghai, Bangkok, Sydney, Vienna and Washington, D.C. A visit to Madame Tussauds is the most astonished and entertaining journey, which takes you to some of the famed personalities of the world.
