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Madame Tussauds was founded by Marie Tussaud, who was born in France in 1761. She learned wax modeling from Dr. Philippe Curtius and became involved in making death masks of French Revolution victims. In 1802, Marie moved to London with her wax figures and established the first Madame Tussauds museum. It has since expanded to become a major tourist attraction with locations around the world, featuring wax figures of historical figures, world leaders, celebrities, and British royalty.
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- 1. Madame Tussauds History
- 2. Anna Maria Grosholtz Born in 1 December 1761 Strasbourg, France Father Joseph Grosholtz, was killed in the Seven Years' War just two months before Marie was born. Mother Anne-Marie Walder, took her to Bern(Switzerland)where she moved to work as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius (1741– 1794) (physician) and skilled in wax modeling. Husband(1795) François Tussaud. They had two children, Joseph and François.
- 3. Curtius moved to Paris in 1765, starting work to set up a cabinet de cire (wax exhibition). In that year he made a waxwork of Louis XV's last mistress, Madame du Barry Louis XV of France Madame du Barry
- 4. Voltaire In 1767, Tussaud and her mother joined Curtius and also moved to Paris. In 1777, she created her first wax figure, that of Voltaire
- 5. Napoleon Bonaparte French Revolution(1789–1799) In Paris, Tussaud became involved in the French Revolution and met many of its important figures, including Napoleon Bonaparte.
- 6. Tussaud was employed to make death masks of the victims of the guillotine, including some of the revolution's most infamous dead such as Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat, and Robespierre.
- 7. England In 1802, Marie went to London together with Joseph, In 1821 or 1822, her other son, François, joined her. In 1842, she made a self-portrait which is now on display at the entrance of her museum. She died in her sleep in London on 16 April 1850 at the age of 88.
- 8. Legacy Madame Tussaud's wax museum has now grown to become one of the major tourist attractions in London
- 9. Berlin
- 10. tourist attractions Washington D.C. New York
- 11. tourist attractions Bankok Amsterdam
- 12. Britain royal family Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip Prince Charles and Camilla
- 13. World Leaders • Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan
- 14. Celebrities
- 15. Johny Depp and Mandela
- 16. Amsterdam • With prince, JLO and Bob Marley