Madame Tussauds

Almost everyone knows about Madame Tussauds as it is a wax figure museum, which now has several different locations across the world. With the blessing of the latest technology, we are in an era that has a variety of leisure attractions to relax. The museum features models of famous and historical people made out of wax and arranged into various different exhibits. It is a big tourist destination in each city that has one and allows tourists to have photographs taken with waxwork versions of their favorite celebrities. The first version of the museum was in London and can be found on Marylebone Road. It was founded by Madam Tussaud, who inherited her father’s collection of wax models and eventually settled in London.

Madame Tussauds situated in London is among the most popular attraction for people. It is a museum of a different kind that entertains its visitors with wax models of their choice from history and from the present which they have ever dreamt to meet. Different Madame Tussauds museums can be found in many cities around the world, including Las Vegas, Bangkok, and Amsterdam. The original museum is in London, England, and is a popular tourist destination. The different versions of the museum feature different waxworks, often related to the city that they are found in. For instance, the Amsterdam Madame Tussauds features waxworks of famous Dutch celebrities, such as Doutzen Kroes, as well as the ordinary Hollywood stars and world leaders. New wax figures are commonly added to the various collections.

Celebrities wax images draw visitors towards itself. IT is a kind of place which has all kinds of attraction in it from past to present both for history lovers and for modern young youth. It helps to make visitors dreams come true when they want to touch or meet the personality they like, which otherwise may not be possible for them because either it has become history or is a very big celebrity of the modern time, whom one can meet. Is it real or is it wax?

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference when you’re at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. This unique museum of its own kind has entertained about 500 million visitors since it first opened. The Target Market for Madame Tussaud’s is to attract all types of consumers, from all social classes. London is a cosmopolitan city having people all around the world with different cultures. The management of Madame Tussaud's when targeting marketing has taken advantage of this feature of the city and has kept different types of wax sculptures which visitors want to see for example to attract Asian visitors there are various political, sports, and entertainment figures in the museum.

History:

Anna Maria Grosholtz, otherwise known as Madame Tussaud, was alive in the late 18th century, during the French revolution. She was trained by Curtius and she worked as his assistant. Madam Tussaud was born in Strasbourg on Dec 1761, her father Joseph Grosholtz who fought as a soldier for seven years at war died before her birth. After Marie's birth, her mother got a job as a housekeeper at Dr.Phillip Cutius house in Berne.Mr. Curtius was a skilled physician who takes the help of wax models while demonstrating anatomy. She inherited a large collection of waxworks from her father, which she displayed around Europe before finally settling down in London. The first waxwork she ever made was of the philosopher Voltaire, with others, such as John-Jacques Rousseau, following shortly afterward.

During the revolution, she began to model famous victims and even searched through bodies to find decapitated heads. She turned these heads into “death masks,” which became important symbols of the French revolution. She ended up becoming more famous for her work than her mentor. They had a museum which was once hit by a German bomb. It takes about 150 measurements for an artist at Madame Tussauds to create the good likeness of a person they are portraying.The smallest wax statue is Tinkerbell.

With time wax models of different prominent personalities were added to the museum. The museum, in the beginning, had 400 different wax models. Some of the models of the exhibition were damaged twice firstly by fire in 1925 and secondly by the bombardment of the German army.

Madam Du Barry is the oldest wax model of the museum. In the year 1842 Madam Tussaud added her own model which has been displayed at the entrance of the museum.

Madam died on 15th April 1856.

Bridge kate in her book A Life In A Wax praises Madam Tussauds as” Cultural Innovator”.The architect behind the first and foremost enduring worldwide branch to be identified simply by reference to its founder's name.