Anna Posyniak‑Dutka Welcome to Madame Tussauds!

Would you like to meet your favourite superheroessuperheroes [superhero]superheroes, sports stars, or celebritiescelebrities [celebrity]celebrities? Guess what? There is a place where these dreams can come truedream can come truedreams can come true! It’s Madame Tussauds Museum! It has got a huge collection of wax figureswax figures [wax figure]wax figures. Visit the museum and you can stand next to film stars or take a phototake a phototake a photo with an American president.

Madame Tussauds Museum first opened in London in 1835. Now there are many museums of wax figures in other cities all around the worldall around the worldall around the world. All museums show famousfamousfamous people from the past and present, but you can also see film and book charactersbook characters [book character]book characters there! The museums in different places show sculpturessculptures [sculpture]sculptures of their locallocallocal stars. They also add new figures all the time.

It takes a long time to make a perfect wax figure. It’s also very expensive. Sculptors sculptors [sculptor]Sculptors  need pictures and measurementsmeasurements [measurement]measurements of the people or characters they create. They need 150 kilograms of clayclayclay and, of course, a lot of wax. Wax is a good material because it is soft and the sculptors can change its shapechange its shape [change shape]change its shape easily. They think about every detail - hair, eyes, ears, and the type of clothes the figure wears. Some famous people even give their own clothes to the museum to dress their figures! After about 6 months of hard work a figure is ready!

Visitorsvisitors [visitor]Visitors of all ages love Madame Tussauds Museum. It’s always crowdedcrowdedcrowded so it’s a good idea to book your ticket onlinebook your ticket online [book a ticket online]book your ticket online before you come to visit it. Everybody takes a lot of pictures in the museum, so don’t forget to charge your phonecharge your phonecharge your phone or bring your camera! That’s probably the closest you can ever get to the rich and famousthe rich and famousthe rich and famous. Enjoy your visit!

1 Źródło: Anna Posyniak‑Dutka, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.