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 Madame Tussaud's ~ Wax Museum on 42nd street Times Square, New York, NY
Madame Tussaud is born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg.
Madame Tussaud's is struck by a bomb destroying 352 head moulds and the cinema.
Madame Tussaud's opens a special display in conjunction with Time Magazine to portray some of the publication's nominated top 100 people of the 20th Century.
www.nidhin.com /madametussauds.html

  
 Madame Tussauds biography .ms
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, England, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas and New York.
Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), born Marie Grosholtz worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in wax modelling.
Madame Tussaud's wax museum has now grown to become one of the major tourist attractions in London, incorporating the London Planetarium in its west wing.
madame-tussaud.biography.ms

  
 Bringing the wax to life - The Washington Times: Non-Fiction Review
In "Madame Tussaud and the Waxworks," Pamela Pilbeam notes that the 19th-century entrepreneur made other questionable claims in a memoir she wrote at the end of her life.
Later, after marrying Francois Tussaud, Madame Tussaud took advantage of the peace between England and France and crossed to England in 1802, never to return to her husband.
And the early Madame Tussaud's thrived in spite of competition from panoramas and dioramas and other sources of popular entertainment that were springing up everywhere.
www.washtimes.com /books/20030721-035142-4408r.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds and Planetarium- London, United Kingdom - VirtualTourist.com
Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg.
Madame Tussaud's is a wax museum with an incredible (and morbid) history.
Madame Tussauds and Planetarium- London, United Kingdom - VirtualTourist.com
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Greater_London/London-309228/Things_To_Do-London-Madame_Tussauds_and_Planetarium-BR-1.html   (1354 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds - London. Bookings and information
Madame Tussaud (Marie Grosholtz) is born in Strasburg
Madame Tussaud tours her waxwork exhibition in the UK Madame Tussaud creates a London base for her exhibition at 'The Bazaar' in Baker Street
Madame Tussaud's in London is one of the UK's most popular attractions.
www.expressevents.com /tussauds   (1637 words)

  
   -- Newsday.com
Madame Tussaud, born Marie Grosholz in Strasbourg, France, survived the French Revolution by making death masks of beheaded aristocrats, then opened a museum in London in 1835.
Manhattan’s Madame Tussauds displays approximately 200 life-size wax statues of noted New Yorkers as well as international celebrities and political figures on a rotating basis.
In the fall of 2000, Madame Tussauds wax museum opened at 234 West 42nd Street in Times Square in Manhattan.
www.newsday.com /about/ny-ihiny011105story,0,1225515.htmlstory?coll=ny-rightrail-bottompromo   (201 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in wax modelling.
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas, New York City and Shanghai (open soon).
A sculpture of the Dalai Lama at Madame Tussauds in New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madame_Tussauds   (581 words)

  
 Madame Tussaud's - Madame's terrible experiences
Perhaps the most horrifying experience undergone by Madame Tussaud during this terrible period was when the mangled head of the greatly beloved Princess de Lamballe was brought to her that a cast might be made.
Nevertheless before Madame Tussaud passed into tranquil days she had to suffer the severest ordeal of her life, the memory of which she could never wholly efface.
It must have been known to many that only a few years back she had been a member of the household of the King's sister, Madame Elizabeth, at Versailles, and not a few of those who were near and dear to her had suffered death for a far less offence than that.
www.oldandsold.com /articles20/madame-tussaud-7.shtml   (581 words)

  
 Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Jack ´n Wax
Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz, in Strasbourg.
At the same time, in the fashionable West End Madame Tussaud was running her famous Wax Museum in the Marylebone Road.
Accordingly Madame Tussaud took the precaution of installing the ‘Separate Room’ to which she could consign those that were not comfortably compatible with the portraits of the establishment, but who were none the less interesting.
www.casebook.org /dissertations/aliffe-wax.html   (4620 words)

  
 The Mikado, "Madame Tussaud's Waxwork"
For example, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are in the Chamber of Horrors that we can visit, just as they did in Gilbert and Sullivan's day, and her own self-portrait stands in the entry (Madame Tussaud).
Madame Tussaud collected these curiosities together in a museum in Paris, and in 1802 she moved to England with her sons and her wax models.
Her museum is still open in London, and now Madame Tussaud's museums exist in a number of cities worldwide, including Singapore, etc.
condor.stcloudstate.edu /~scogdill/mikado/tussaud.html   (375 words)

  
 Tussaud, Marie on Encyclopedia.com
In 1802 she immigrated to England, where in London in 1835 she established a museum that remains a principal tourist attraction, now known as Madame Tussauds.
Noël: Beckham-Joseph et Victoria-Marie font un malheur chez Madame Tussaud
Bringing the wax to life; Madame Tussaud's gripping art.(BOOKS)(ON BOOKS)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tussaud.asp   (293 words)

  
 Hotel accommodation near Madame Tussauds and London Planetarium, London
Over the years hundreds of celebrities have made their way to Madame Tussaud's 'stage door' to be received in the private studio where the sculptor makes precise measurements and photographs the subject's head from every possible angle.
Before Madame Tussaud had established herself in London, her collection of wax figures toured all around the country in wagons and caravans.
This is the famous waxworks started by Madame Tussaud in 1835 which is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in London with over two million visitors a year.
www.guidetorichmond.co.uk /madamtussauds.html   (511 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds Information.
We won't be discussing the changing of the Guard, what time Madame Tussauds opens and which member of the Royal family you are likely to see at Buckingham Palace at any given moment.
Hotel - Hotel near Madame Tussaud's The Prince Regent is situated in the heart of London's West End and has a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Part of The Tussaud's Group, Madame Tussaud's regularly attracts 2.5 million guests a year and has been a permanent feature of London's tourist industry since 1835.
www.askvicki.co.uk /found.php?ass=1606&qry=Madame%20Tussauds   (999 words)

  
 HolidayCity Flash - London Museums for Children
The wax museum at Madame Tussauds now has branches in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, New York and Las Vegas, but the London gallery remains the first one that comes to mind when you mention Madame Tussaud to the casual listener.
The wax museum was founded by Madame Tussaud, born Marie Grosholz.
A particularly gruesome exhibit for which Tussauds is famous is the Chamber of Horrors.
www.holidaycityflash.com /uk/london_museum1.htm   (748 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds tickets - tickets for Madame Tussaud's with London Theatre Direct
Your London Theatre Direct confirmation will enable you to visit Madame Tussauds at any time from 10.30am-5.00pm on weekends and 12.30pm-5.00pm on weekdays.
With over 400 of the world's top celebrities featuring the biggest stars of stage, screen, history, sport and politics, a place in Madame Tussaud's is the ultimate accolade of fame!
Your London Theatre Direct confirmation will enable you to visit Madame Tussauds at any time from 9.30am-5.00pm everyday.
londontheatredirect.com /asp/MadameTussauds.htm   (136 words)

  
 Madame Songs
Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) (edited version - remix)
Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) (instrumental extended version - remix)
Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) (extended version - remix)
www.brainymusic.com /songlink/m/madame.html   (136 words)

  
 New Musicals - Tussaud Cast
Madame du Barry, Voltaire, Rousseau, Danton, Mirabeau, Marat, St. Just, Duke of Orleans, Ben Franklin, Lafayette, Robespierre's Reflection, Soup Lady, her daughter Elsa, Footman, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Princess de Lamballe, Royal Children (boy and girl).
Madame Elizabeth, Princess of France - Sister to Louis XVI, Marie's patron and friend
Madame Grosholtz - Housekeeper to Dr. Curtius (and probably more) Marie's mother
www.newmusicals.com /Tussaud/cast_tussaud.html   (128 words)

  
 Marie Tussaud Biography
In 1835, Tussaud opened her wax museum (now known as Madame Tussauds) in London.
Madame Tussaud : A Life and A Time
Marie Tussaud (birthname Marie Grosholtz) was born in 1760 in Strasbourg, France.
www.paralumun.com /bustussaud.htm   (65 words)

  
 Uktravel.com - London Guide
Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg.
On inheriting the wax figure collection of Phillipe Curtius, Madame Tussaud as she then was travelled to Britain with her collection and in 1835 opened her museum in London.
Marie served in the court of Louis XVI who along with Marie Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 during the French Revolution.
www.uktravel.com /londontop10.asp?attID=2   (179 words)

  
 New Musicals - Tussaud Synopsis
To the modern world, Madame Tussaud is a sideshow attraction, a Piccadilly novelty, a bizarre woman who gained notoriety for the Death Masks she took from the severed heads of famous people guillotined during the French Revolution, and which formed the cornerstone of the Exhibition she single-handedly toured all over Europe, finally settling in London.
Brought to life by the Barker, the waxen figures and heads from her original exhibition tell the story of Marie Grosholtz, who later came to be known as Madame Tussaud.
"TUSSAUD!", the Musical, attempts to strip away the carnival atmosphere, and put a human face on the woman who was at the very center of one of the most turbulent and bloody periods of French history.
www.newmusicals.com /Tussaud/synopsis_tussaud.html   (261 words)

  
 Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum Discounts
For more than 200 years, Madame Tussauds attractions worldwide have prided themselves on their interactive nature by inviting guests to get up close and personal with incredibly lifelike wax figures of the world’s hottest celebrities by mingling, touching and taking pictures.
Madame Tussaud's has been entertaining and educating millions of people with its uncannily realistic wax figures of world leaders, movie stars and sports heroes for more than 200 years.
When Madame Tussaud launched her first wax exhibit in London in 1835, little did she know that by the end of the millennium her name and her museum would find their way to The Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
www.destinationcoupons.com /Nevada/Las_Vegas/Activity_Madame/Tussauds.asp   (966 words)

  
 Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Pilbeam sees Madame Tussaud herself and her exhibition as part of the wider history of wax modelling and of popular entertainment.
Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks, the latest book by Pam Pilbeam, Professor of French History in the Department of History, has received widespread media coverage since its publication by Hambledon and London in January.
Tussaud's catered for the public's fascination with monarchy, whether Henry VIII and his wives or Queen Victoria, as well as for their love of history, acting as an accessible and enjoyable museum (but also providing the perennial fascination of the Chamber of Horrors).
www.rhul.ac.uk /for-staff/on-campus/media/apr03.html   (853 words)

  
 Current Programme
Her book, 'Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks', describes the progress of Tussaud's from its beginnings in Paris before the Revolution to Marie Tussaud's embarkation across the Channel (partly as an escape from an unsuccessful marriage) where she became the most successful entertainment entrepreneur in Britain.
Yet Madame Tussaud did not invent wax figures and was not their only exhibitor.
Professor Pilbeam sees the redoubtable Marie Tussaud and her famous exhibition as part of the wider history of wax modelling and of popular entertainment, catering for the public's fascination with monarchy and a love of history.
www.francobritishsociety.org.uk /program.html   (703 words)

  
 Capitol Light - Your National Lighting Source
Please join Capitol Light at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, networking and entertainment.
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is located directly across from the Venetian at:
To register for the Global Shop event, please visit the Global Shop home page at http://www.globalshop.org and click the REGISTER NOW link in the upper right hand corner.
www.capitollight.com /promotions/training.asp   (703 words)

  
 MmeTussauds
Madame Tussaud's is one of the London attractions that you must see.
Most of the figures that you can see today are new, hut there are still some that Madame Tussaud made before she died in 1850.
She was soon famous for the masks that she made from dead people's heads in the French Revolution - King Louis XVI of France and his wife Marie-Antoinette are just two of the people who she modelled.
www.student.uni-oldenburg.de /steven.behrens/mmetussa.htm   (189 words)

  
 Brett Singer & Associates, LLC - TUSSAUD! THE MUSICAL
Brought to life by a Carnival Barker who serves as a kind of narrator in TUSSAUD!, the waxen figures from the very first Tussaud exhibition tell the story of Marie Grosholtz, who later would become known as the world-famous Madame Tussaud.
By coincidence, the reading is only one day before - and only one city block away from - the gala opening of the New York branch of the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
strips away the sideshow reputation of Madam Tussaud, and to put a face on the woman at the center of one of the most turbulent periods of French history.
www.brettsinger.com /clients/tussaud.html   (326 words)

  
 Las Vegas - Madame Tussauds Interactive Wax Attraction, The Venetian - Attraction - AOL CityGuide
Just head over to Madame Tussaud's Interactive Attraction (formerly Madame Tussaud's Celebrity Encounter), where Jennifer Lopez is a permanent resident along with 100 other celebrities.
Madame Tussauds - Quality new and used items.
The 300,000-square-foot, two-story wax museum combines the worlds of film, sports and music with the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, and features intricately designed replicas of stars past and present.
cityguide.aol.com /lasvegas/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=63712   (522 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds Wax Museum on 43 Places
Add a place within Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
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Book tickets to London's famous Madame Tussauds wax museum!
www.43places.com /places/view/213002   (400 words)

  
 Madame Tussaud's - Madame Tussaud goes to Versailles
Unfortunately, little is known of the life of Madame Tussaud either at Versailles or at Montreuil, which the King presented to his sister with the understanding that she should continue to make Versailles her official home until she attained the age of twenty-four.
Madame Tussaud accordingly bade her uncle fare-well, and left Paris for Versailles.
Madame Tussaud's - Madame Tussaud goes to Versailles
www.oldandsold.com /articles20/madame-tussaud-4.shtml   (400 words)

  
 Madame Tussauds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sculpture of the Dalai Lama at Madame Tussauds in New York.
Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in wax modelling.
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas and New York City.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madame_Tussauds   (559 words)

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