Madame Tussauds is a world famous waxworks museum, which is situated in London

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Madame Tussauds is a world
famous waxworks museum, which
is situated in London.

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Madame Tussauds is a museum chain for life-size wax replicas of celebrities,
royals and historic icons that has 21 worldwide Locations, with its largest
museum in London. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud who was
born in Strasbourg, France in the 1700s. She had learned the art of sculpting
from her mother's employer, Dr.Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in the
art of wax modelling. Her first sculpture was Francois Voltaire, which she
made at the age of 16.

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Following Philippe's death on
1794, Marie inherited a vast
collection of wax models and
spent the next 33 years travelling
around Europe. By 1835, Marie
settled down in Baker Street,
London, where she opened her
first museum. You can see
Madame Tussaud in her own
museum as she did her own
portrait in wax just 8 years before
her death.

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It Takes Up To Six Months To Create A Sculpture
The process of creating a Madame Tussauds wax figure is intricate. It takes
more than 250 precise measurements and photographs, 2,400 lbs of wax,
20 skilled artists and around £150,000 to make each of the portraits.

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All Portraits Displayed In Madame Tussauds Have Their
Hair Washed And Make-Up Retouched Regularly
Before opening every day,
all sculptures at Madame
Tussauds are checked over
by two maintenance teams,
with their hair washed and
their make-up touched up.
Which is likely to be very
similar to the treatment
they have in real life!

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All Figures Are Made 2% Larger Than The Person Really Is
During the procedure, all wax figures are made 2%
larger than the actual person as this is how much
they're predicted to melt during the entire 6-month
process. Although, some celebs may request to be
made a little larger than 2%.

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The First Overseas Branch Of Madame Tussauds Is In
Amsterdam And Opened In 1970
After popular demand, there are now 21 Madame Tussauds worldwide, with six based in
the USA, and museums in Beijing, Tokyo and Australia. But London still remains Madame
Tussauds biggest museum.

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