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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

2. Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was
founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud.
Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London, displaying waxworks of historical and
royal figures, film stars, sports stars and infamous murderers
3. Marie Tussaud
Marie Tussaud (17611850) was born in Strasbourg, France
Her father died two months before she was born.
Her mother worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, who was a physician skilled in wax
modeling
Dr. Philippe taught Tussaud the art of wax modeling.
When Curtius died in 1794, he left his collection of waxworks to Marie.
In 1802 she fled to England. She took her own growing collection.
She died in 1850 at the age of 88.
4. Where it is?
Madame Tussauds London is a museum and tourist attraction located in Central London, housed
in the former London Planetarium. On the Marylebone Road.
5. Some of Tussauds Wax Sculptures
1. Angela Merkel, 2. Nelson Mandela, 3. Michelle and Barack Obama,
2. 4. Princess Kate and Prince William, 5. Lionel Messi, Adele, Michaele Jackson, Cartoon
characters.
6. MADAME TUSSAUDS FACTS
In 1940, Madame Tussauds of London was hit with a bomb. More than 350 head molds were
destroyed.
In 2008, a German man rushed past security on the opening day of the Berlin Madame Tussauds
and ripped Hitler's head off.
A sign asked people to refrain from posing with or taking pictures of the statue, but didn't specify
that decapitation was prohibited as well. "It disturbs me that Hitler should become a tourist
attraction," said the attacker.
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It takes about 150 measurements for the artists at Madame Tussauds to create a good likeness
of the person they're portraying. And sometimes famous people sit for measurements more
than once - Queen Elizabeth, for example, has modeled for 17 different poses over the years.
All figures are made two percent larger than the person really is. That's how much the wax is
expected to shrink throughout the entire process.
More than 500 million people worldwide have visited a Madame Tussauds thats more than
the population of North America and Australia combined.

9. Each strand of hair is inserted individually, taking approximately five weeks to complete each head.
All portraits have their hair washed and make-up retouched regularly.
All celebrities vital statistics are kept confidential, despite repeated requests from the public and media.
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