Madame Tussauds
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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 2006.
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
Entrance sign in London
Marie Tussaud
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Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud, commonly known as Madame Tussaud, was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.
Madame Tussauds
…Madame Tussauds (UK: too-SAWDZ, US: too-SOHZ) 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. In 1883, the restricted space of the original…
Madame Tussaud "at the age of 42, when she left France for England". Portrait study by John Theodore Tussaud.
Photograph of Madame Tussaud, after a drawing attributed to Francis Tussaud
English Heritage blue plaque marking one of Tussaud's homes in the City of Westminster, London