Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds)
The Chamber of Horrors is an exhibition at Madame Tussauds in London, being an exhibition of waxworks of notorious murderers and other infamous historical figures. The gallery first opened as a "Separate Room" in Marie Tussaud's 1802 exhibition in London and quickly became a success as it showed historical personalities and artefacts rather than the freaks of nature popular in other waxworks of the day. It closed in April 2016 but reopened 6 years later in October 2022.
Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium, home of the Chamber of Horrors
The Chamber of Horrors in 1849 by Richard Doyle
1877 in London with a man putting up an advertisement for the Chamber of Horrors
Execution of Charles Peace by William Marwood – 1879 waxwork in the Chamber of Horrors
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843.
Madame Tussauds has included the former London Planetarium (large dome to the left) since 2010.
Poster for the Tussaud wax figures exhibition, Baker Street, London, 1835
Advertising man pasting a bill for Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, London 1877. Early exhibits included Burke and Hare. The chamber closed on 11 April 2016 and was replaced by the Sherlock Holmes Experience.
Entrance sign in London