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
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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.
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)."
Other websites
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