madame tussauds
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London
Liis Rätsep
Anna Maria Grosholtz
Dr. Philippe Curtius
Tussaud’s first wax figures (1777): Voltaire,
Rousseau, Franklin
The doctor’s death in 1794
Franco-British war -> Tussaud went to London in 1802
Exhibiting her collections
Baker Street -> new home and a museum
The first room on the tour
The Big Brother experience
Figures: Samuel L Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, David and Victoria Beckham
The room is set like a basketball court and a locker room
Interactive
Karaoke facility
Figures: Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Troy Bolton
Hollywood mixed with Bollywood
Figures: Steven Spielberg, Jim Carrey, Audrey Hepburn
Fictional characters: Shrek, Spiderman, Incredible Hulk, Tinker Bell
Several interactive elements
Figures: Tiger Woods, Mohammed Ali, Lance Armstrong
Figures: The Queen, Prince Philip, Charles, Camille, Prince William, Prince Henry
Figures: Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin
A music stage completed with glitter balls and a big screen
An opportunity to learn to dance
Figures: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Freddie Mercury, Madonna, Bob Marley, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Tom Jones, Justin Timberlake
Mock-up of the Oval Office- replica of the Resolute desk
Figures: Barack Obama, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair, Martin Luther King, Gandhi
Guillotine blade
A lice-action, actor-led scare maze
Figures: several serial killers and murderers, Guy Fawkes, Dennis Nilsen
A sit-down ride
A journey through the history of London
The times of Shakespeare, the Great Fire of London, the Industrial Revolution, the Swinging Sixties
And original motorbike from the movie Casino Royale
Figures: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench
Figures: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Hall, Jackie O
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Tussauds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Tussauds_London
http://www.madametussauds.com/london/
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