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Marie Grosholz, later known as Madame Tussaud, is born
in Strasbourg, France in 1761. Marie learns the art of wax modeling from
a doctor named Philippe Curtius while she worked as a housekeeper for
him. In
1777 Marie models the famous author and philosopher, Francois-Marie
Arouet oltaire.
1794 - Marie Grosholz inherits Curtius's collection of
figures.
1795 – Marie marries François Tussaud, an enginever, but
leaes him eight years later to bring the collection on a tour of the
British Isles.
ENGLAND - BAKER ST BAZAAR, 1835-1884
1835 - Madame Tussauds settles into a permanent home in
The Bazaar, Baker Street, London.
isitors entering the Bazaar from Baker Street proceed to
a saloon richly decorated with mirrored embellishments. Here sits an
aged lady, with an accent which proclaims her Gallic origins. If she
were motionless, you would think she was a piece of waxwork. This is
Madame Tussaud, a lady who is in herself an Exhibition.
1846 - Punch Magazine coins the name "Chamber of Horrors"
for Madame Tussauds separate room where gruesome relics of the French
Reolution are displayed.
1850 - Madame Tussaud dies. In her old age, supported by
two sons, she had achieed great success. She had resisted a U.S.
buy-out, her memoirs had beven published, and her portrait was painted by
a court painter. She had beven immortalized by Dickens. |
Mme Tussauds
by BTaylor
move TO MARYLEBONE ROAD
1884 - Madame Tussauds grandson, Joseph Randall, directs
the move to the present site in Marylebone Road.
1925 - Fire breaks out in the building, destroying not
only almost all the wax figures and their costumes, but priceless
furnishings, paintings and relics too.
1928 - Fortunately, many of the old head moulds were
saed, and from these the Exhibition was rebuilt, opening 3 years later
with the addition of a large Cinema and Restaurant.
WAR BRINGS ABOUT PLANETARIUM
1940 - A German bomb destroys the Cinema. Ironically, the
figure of Hitler is one of the few figures to surie unscathed.
1958 - Madame Tussauds opens the Commonwealth's first
Planetarium on the site of the old cinema.
Today - Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with
branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (ictoria Peak), Las Vegas and New York
City. Originally created by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud, currently owned
by a leisure company called The Tussauds Group.
Madame Tussauds Museum, Las Vegas article
Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
(702) 862-7800
3377 Las Vegas Bld S # 2001
Las Vegas, N89109
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