Madame-TussoudsInglês

Professor:

Duarte Antunes

WELCOME TO

MADAME TUSSAUDS MUSEUM

Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium

Content:

INTRODUCTION. HISTORY. POPULARITY. GALLERY OF THE MUSEUM.

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussauds and was formerly known as “Madame Tussauds”, but the apostrophe is no longer used. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London, displaying waxworks of historical & royal figures, film stars, sports stars, & infamous murders.

INTRODUCTION:

By 1835 marie had settled down in baker street, london, and opened a museum.One of the main attractions of her museum was the chamber ofhorrors. This part of the exhibition included victims of the frenchrevolution and newly created figures of murderers and other criminals.The name is often credited to a contributor to punch in 1845, but marieappears to have originated it herself, using it in advertising as early as 1843.

HISTORY:

• Madame Tussauds is the focus of Steve Taylor's song "Meltdown(at Madame Tussauds)" in which the song talks about someoneturning up the most at and causing the wax figures to melt.

POPULARITY OF THE MUSEUM.

• The Doctor Who episode "Spearhead from Space" features a sceneat Madame Tussaud.• Tussaud appeared in an episode of Living TV's paranormalprogramme Most Haunted.• The museum was featured on the History Channel's series, LifeAfter People: The Series

POPULARITY OF THE MUSEUM.

Gallery of the Museum

ADOLF HITLERTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AS TERMINATOR LADY GAGA

JOHNNY DEPP AS JACK SPARROW KEIRA

KNIGHTLEY

PRINCE CHARLES & CAMELA

POPE JOHN PAUL II

CHARLIE CHAPLINJAMES BOND

ELIZABETH II NELSON MANDELA