Curtius was Marie Tussaud’s mother’s employer who left his creations for Marie.
Here are some of the most interesting facts about the museum courtesy of the popular website London tickets.
Things you never knew about Madame TussaudsĪs to be expected Madame Tussauds is not only a world full of waxworks, but also a world full of wonderful, obscure and unusual fun facts.
Real? Highly questionable.Īll jokes aside, Madame Tussauds plays host to 23 fictional characters from some of the world’s most believed films and television series (Black Panther, Tinker Bell, The Incredible Hulk and Chewbacca amongst many others). Beyoncé Knowles? A mythical performer with otherworldly stage presence and vocals from the heavens. For example, the tooth fairy, 100 per cent real, without doubt. What is real to some may not be real to others. Hulk is the largest statue in the Museum, standing tall at 4.5 Metres. READ MORE: 'I went to Fortnum and Mason with £10 and I couldn't even afford a tea towel' What’s inside the museum? Madame Tussauds remains an attraction that people are willing to line up for. Ok, the last one wasn’t true, but you get the point. One person had a sleeping bag and had what appeared to be a camping bed and a small pile of fire wood to roast marshmallows. MyLondon set out to go and see if the famous museum really did have ALL of our favourite celebrities and as it happens, so did the rest of London…ĭespite arriving at 10am (15 minutes before the time of the first slot), there were already a queue of people as far as the eye could see. A cost of £34 for a standard ticket means that it doesn’t quite make the cut of being considered a budget activity, but in comparison to the a ticket to the Super Bowl, which costs just the equivalent of a small terrace house in the countryside (give or take), it could be a lot worse! Billed as “one of London's best loved attractions,” the museum claims to boast more than 150 lifelike figures of your favourite celebrities.
The other option? A trip to Madame Tussauds. Outside of the Oscars, the Super Bowl and the Met Gala, there aren’t many places where you can find all of the world’s celebrities centralised in one place and if such place exists, it’s most likely surrounded by a sea of bodyguards and miles of yellow tape.