Tourism: Madame Tussauds Museum
August 17, 2008 – 10:26 am
Travel to London
Madame Tussauds Museum is one of the most popular museums of London. It was founded by Mary Tussauds. Imagine a world with full of celebrities, singers, actors and actresses, leaders, TV stars, sports stars, royal people at one place… Isn’t it interesting being surrounded by all these people? They are all found at Madame Tussauds Museum.
Who is Mary Tussauds?
Mary Tussauds is a French artist lived between the years 1761 and 1850. Mary Tussauds is famous with her wax sculptures and the museum in which these sculptures are represented: Madame Tussauds Museum. She owns her talent to her step father. He was a physician and he was using wax to study anatomy. Her step father began to make wax figures. Mary was working with him and developing herself. The first wax figure she did is Jean Jacques Rousseau. She had the collection of her step father and exhibited it. It was a time of wars and revolutions. Mary was depicting victims of these events with wax. With time, museum she opened attracted more attention. It became so attractive that branches of the museum were opened. These museums are found in Amsterdam, Berlin, Las Vegas, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Washington DC. However, the center is still London Madame Tussauds Museum.
Madame Tussauds Wax Figures
You can see wax figure of anyone at Madame Tussauds. From popular figures, to historical ones, there are many names. You can see figures of living people along with the dead ones. It is a good opportunity to see your favorite singer, actress, leader, actress, who is already dead.
World leader wax figures consist of Dalai Lama, Adolf Hitler, Benazir Butto, Benjamin Franklin, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Princess Diana, Akihito of Japan, Hillary Clinton, Helmut Kohl, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Jacques Chirac, King Henry V of England, King Richard III of England, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napoleon, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, Winston Churchill, Nicolas Sarkozy.
In popular and old musicians category, names Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, James Brown, Jessica Simpson, Jon Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Lenny Kravitz, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Ludvig van Beethoven, Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams, Tina Turner, Usher can be found at Madame Tussauds Museum.
Famous actors and actresses’ wax figures include Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brad Pitt, Bruce Lee, Charlie Chaplin, George Clooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Gerard Depardieu, Hugh Grant, Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Chan, Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts, Keira Knightly, Marilyn Monroe, Morgan Freeman, Nicholas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Orlando Bloom, Robin Williams, Salma Hayek, Salman Khan, Teri Hatcher, Tom Cruise, Will Smith and other public figures.
In addition to leaders, singers, actors, actresses, other public figures, there are wax figures of inventors, writers, painters, models at Madame Tussauds. Figures of Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Berthold Brecht, Ernest Hemingway, Heidi Klum, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Vincent van Gogh, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde can be found.
Visit official Madame Tussauds Museum web site.
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