Madame Tussauds London

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Millions and millions of people have flocked through the doors of Madame Tussauds since they first opened over 200 years ago and it remains just as popular as it ever was. There are many reasons for this enduring success, but at the heart of it all is good, old-fashioned curiosity.

1761

Madame Tussaud is born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg.

1777

Marie models the famous author and philosopher, Francois Voltaire.

1780

Marie becomes art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister and goes to live at the Royal Court in Versailles.

1789

On the eve of The French Revolution, Marie returns to Paris.

1793

Marie is imprisoned with her mother in the notorious Laforce Prison,Paris. On her release she is forced to prove her allegiance to the Revolution by making death masks of executed nobles and her former employers, the King and Queen.

1794

The French Revolution ends and Marie inherits Dr Philippe Curtius’ wax exhibition.

1795

Marie marries François Tussaud.

 

1802

Madame Tussaud takes her exhibition on tour to the British Isles, leaving behind her husband.

1835

With her sons, Madame Tussaud establishes a base in London at ‘The Baker Street Bazaar.’

1846

Punch Magazine coins the name Chamber Of Horrors for Madame Tussaud’s ‘Separate Room’, where gruesome relics of the French Revolution are displayed.

1850

Madame Tussaud dies.

 

1884

Marie’s grandsons move the attraction to its current site on Marylebone Road

1925

The attraction is devastated by fire.

1928

Restoration is completed with the addition of a cinema and restaurant.

1940

Madame Tussauds is struck by a German World War II bomb destroying 352 head moulds, and the cinema.

 

1972

The second European Madame Tussauds attraction opens in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1999

The first American Madame Tussauds opens in Las Vegas.

2000

The second American Madame Tussauds attraction opens in New York, and the same year Madame Tussauds opens in Hong Kong.

2006

Madame Tussauds opens in Shanghai.

2007

The third American attraction opens in Washington DC.

2008

The third European site becomes Berlin, where the attraction opens in ‘Unter den Linden’.

2009

The fourth American site opens in Hollywood.

2010

Madame Tussauds Bangkok opens in December - the third attraction in Asia.

2011

Vienna (Austria) and Blackpool (UK) both open in April 2011 - the global count is now up to 12 attractions.

2011

Celebrating 250 Years!

 

2012

G'day! Madame Tussauds arrives Down Under in Sydney.

2013

Madame Tussauds attractions open in Tokyo and Wuhan.

2014

The fifth US attraction opens in San Francisco, California, and China’s third attraction opens in Beijing.

2015

Madame Tussauds lands in Orlando, Florida.

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