Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. It used to be called "Madame Tussaud's", but the apostrophe is no longer used.[1][2] Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London. It has waxwork displays of historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and infamous murderers.
Madame Tussauds Media
Poster for the Tussaud wax figures exhibition, Baker Street, London, 1835
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Advertising man pasting a bill for Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, London, 1877
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Entrance to Madame tussauds museum in London.
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First Mortgage Debenture Stock of Madame Tussaud's Ltd., issued 15 September 1949
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Madame Tussauds logo (spelt without the apostrophe) next to a waxwork of Kate Winslet in London
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Entry of Madame Tussauds in Berlin
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Madame Tussauds in New York City opened in 2000.
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Madame Tussauds opened in Washington, D.C., in 2007.
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood in 2018
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Madame Tussauds in Shanghai, China, displaying a wax figure of Queen Elizabeth II, opened in 2006.
References
- ↑ Rothstein, Edward (24 August 2007). "Ripley's Believe It or Not — Madame Tussauds". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/design/24ripl.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.: "Madame Tussaud (who gave the attraction its now-jettisoned apostrophe) ..."
- ↑ Times Online Style Guide — M Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine: "Madame Tussauds (no longer an apostrophe)."
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