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A major [[Tourism in London|tourist attraction in London]] since the Victorian era, Madame Tussauds displays the waxworks of famous and historical figures, as well as popular film and television characters played by famous actors.<ref name="tourism"/> Operated by the British entertainment company [[Merlin Entertainments]], the museum now has locations in cities across four continents, with the first overseas branch opening in Amsterdam in 1970.<ref name=":0"/>
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===Background===
[[Marie Tussaud]] was born as Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in [[Strasbourg]], France. Her mother worked for [[Philippe Curtius]] in [[Bern]], Switzerland; he was a physician skilled in [[wax model]]ling. Curtius taught Tussaud the art of wax modelling when she was a child; when he moved to Paris, he took his 6-year-old apprentice with him.<ref name=denton>{{cite web|url=https://thelegendsoflondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/the-baker-street-bazaar/|title=The Baker Street Bazaar|date=26 May 2012|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030224/https://thelegendsoflondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/the-baker-street-bazaar/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Grosholtz created her first [[wax sculpture]], of [[Voltaire]], in 1777.<ref>{{cite web|last=Du Plessis |first=Amelia |title=England—Madame Tussauds |url=http://www.england.org.za/madame-tussauds.php |publisher=Informational site about England |access-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213062041/http://www.england.org.za/madame-tussauds.php |archive-date=13 December 2011}}</ref> At 17 she became the art tutor to Madame Elizabeth, the sister of King [[Louis XVI]] of France, at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. During the [[French Revolution]], she was imprisoned for three months, awaiting execution, but she was released after the intervention of an influential friend.<ref name=denton/> During the Revolution, she made models of many prominent victims.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Marie_Tussaud.aspx|title=Marie Tussaud Facts, information, pictures {{!}} Encyclopedia.com articles about Marie Tussaud|website=Encyclopedia.com
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[[File:Madame Tussaud's Ltd 1949.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.8|First Mortgage Debenture Stock of Madame Tussaud's Ltd., issued 15 September 1949]]
Some sculptures still exist that were made by Marie Tussaud herself. The gallery originally contained some 400 different figures, but fire damage in 1925 coupled with bombs during [[the Blitz]] on London in 1941, severely damaged most of such older models. The casts themselves have survived, allowing the historical waxworks to be remade, and these can be seen in the museum's history exhibit. The oldest figure on display is that of [[Madame du Barry]], the work of Curtius from 1765 and part of the waxworks left to Grosholtz at his death. Other faces from the time of Tussaud include [[Robespierre]] and [[George III]]. 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA762|access-date=30 November 2017|date=16 September 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|page=762|archive-date=29 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729053011/https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA762|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:'Madame Tussauds' in London..jpg|thumb|upright|Entrance sign in London]]
By 1883, the restricted space and rising cost of the Baker Street site prompted her grandson Joseph Randall to commission construction of a building at the museum's current location on [[Marylebone Road]]. The new exhibition galleries were opened on 14 July 1884 and were a great success.<ref>Pilbeam, ''ibid''. pp. 166, 168–9.</ref> But Randall had bought out his cousin Louisa's half-share in the business in 1881, and that plus the building costs resulted in his having too little capital. He formed a limited company in 1888 to attract fresh capital but it had to be dissolved after disagreements between the family shareholders. In February 1889 Tussaud's was sold to a group of businessmen led by Edwin Josiah Poyser.<ref>Pilbeam, ''ibid''. p. 170.</ref> The first wax sculpture of a young [[Winston Churchill]] was made in 1908; a total of ten have been made since.<ref>Pamela Pilbeam ''Madame Tussaud: And the History of Waxworks''. P.199.</ref> The first overseas branch of Madame Tussauds was opened in Amsterdam in 1970.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Madame-Tussauds-to-open-shop-in-Delhi/articleshow/49763438.cms|title=Madame Tussauds' to open shop in Delhi
===Ownership changes===
In 2005, Madame Tussauds was sold to a company in Dubai, [[Dubai International Capital]], for £800m (US$1.5bn). In May 2007, [[The Blackstone Group]] purchased [[The Tussauds Group]] from then-owner Dubai International Capital for US$1.9 billion;<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501369.html|title=Blackstone Buys Madame Tussauds Chain|first=David|last=Cho|date=6 March 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920092211/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501369.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the company was merged with Blackstone's [[Merlin Entertainments]] and operation of Madame Tussauds was taken over by Merlin.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2812377/Merlin-conjures-up-leaseback-deal.html|title=Merlin conjures up leaseback deal|date=17 July 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114021228/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2812377/Merlin-conjures-up-leaseback-deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the Tussauds acquisition, Dubai International Capital gained 20% of Merlin Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6419019.stm | work=BBC News | title=Tussauds firm bought in £1bn deal | date=5 March 2007 | access-date=29 October 2017 | archive-date=5 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205005547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6419019.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>
On 17 July 2007, as part of the financing for the Tussauds deal, Merlin sold the freehold of Madame Tussauds to private investor [[Nick Leslau]] and his investment firm Prestbury under a sale and leaseback agreement.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6902797.stm | work=BBC News | title=Alton Towers sold in £622m deal | date=17 July 2007 | access-date=12 May 2010 | archive-date=11 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111151422/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6902797.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> Although the attraction sites are owned by Prestbury, they are operated by Merlin based on a renewable 35-year lease.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>
===Recent status===
[[File:Mme Tussaud museum (2847547733).jpg|thumb|right|Waxwork of Elizabeth I in London]]
Madame Tussaud's wax museum has been a major [[tourist attraction]] in London since it opened in the 1830s, an era viewed as being when the city's tourism industry began.<ref name="tourism">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Andrew |last2=Graham |first2=Anne |title=Destination London. The Expansion of the Visitor Economy |date=2019 |publisher=University of Westminster Press |page=6|quote=Whilst London's appeal is based on historical attractions that date back to Roman times, the city's tourism 'industry' arguably dates back to the nineteenth century. In the period 1820–1840 new facilities were established that still provide the backbone of the city's tourism sector: iconic attractions (London Zoo, Madame Tussauds), leisure settings...}}</ref> Until 2010, it incorporated the [[London Planetarium]] in its west wing. A large animated [[dark ride]], ''The Spirit of London'', opened in 1993. Today's wax figures at Tussauds include historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars, and famous murderers. It has been known since 2007 as "Madame Tussauds" museums (no apostrophe).<ref>{{cite news |title=10 Things You Might Not Know About Madame Tussauds Wax Museum |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25496/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-madame-tussauds-wax-museum |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=Mental Floss |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515152740/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25496/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-madame-tussauds-wax-museum |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, a 5 1/2-inch waxwork of [[Tinker Bell]] (the fairy from [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'') became the museum's smallest figure of all time when it was unveiled in London.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tinker Bell Immortalized at Madame Tussauds |url=https://www.awn.com/news/tinker-bell-immortalized-madame-tussauds |work=AWN |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617090941/https://www.awn.com/news/tinker-bell-immortalized-madame-tussauds |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2008, Madame Tussauds' Berlin branch became embroiled in controversy when a 41-year-old German man brushed past two guards and decapitated a wax figure depicting [[Adolf Hitler]]. This was believed to be an act of protest against showing the ruthless dictator alongside sports heroes, movie stars, and other historical figures. The statue has since been repaired, and the perpetrator has admitted that he attacked the statue to win a bet.<ref>{{cite web
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The first Madame Tussauds in India opened in New Delhi on 1 December 2017. Its operator, Merlin Entertainments, planned an investment of 50 million pounds over the next 10 years.<ref>[https://www.madametussauds.com/delhi/en/events-and-media/first-look/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905100013/https://www.madametussauds.com/delhi/en/events-and-media/first-look/ |date=5 September 2017 }}: "Madame Tussauds (no longer an apostrophe)."</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Madame Tussauds debuts in Delhi|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42193531|work=BBC News|access-date=1 December 2017|date=1 December 2017|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203054449/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42193531|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madame Tussauds Delhi to officially open for public on December 1|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/madame-tussaud-delhi-india-wax-museum-4961748/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=1 December 2017|date=30 November 2017|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130175351/http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/madame-tussaud-delhi-india-wax-museum-4961748/|url-status=live}}</ref> It features over 50 wax models, including political and entertainment figures such as [[Ariana Grande]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Katrina Kaif]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Kim Kardashian]], [[Tom Cruise]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Kapil Dev]], and [[Mary Kom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/take-a-sneak-peek-into-indias-first-madame-tussauds-in-delhi/wax-figure-of-pm-narendra-modi/slideshow/61262357.cms|title=Take a sneak peek into India's first Madame Tussauds in Delhi – Wax figure of PM Narendra Modi|website=The Economic Times|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030041407/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/take-a-sneak-peek-into-indias-first-madame-tussauds-in-delhi/wax-figure-of-pm-narendra-modi/slideshow/61262357.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 30 December 2020, the holding company of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Delhi, India confirmed a temporary shutdown of the Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 December 2020|title=Wax museum feels Delhi heat, Madame Tussauds shuts|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/wax-museum-feels-delhi-heat-madame-tussauds-shuts-7125525/|access-date=31 December 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230054557/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/wax-museum-feels-delhi-heat-madame-tussauds-shuts-7125525/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is scheduled to reopen in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/madame-tussauds-to-reopen-in-delhi-in-2022-to-offer-discount-for-covid-warriors-jabbed-visitors-3770771.html|title=Madame Tussauds to Reopen in Delhi in 2022, to Offer Discount for Covid Warriors, Jabbed Visitors|date=24 May 2021|access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018021600/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/madame-tussauds-to-reopen-in-delhi-in-2022-to-offer-discount-for-covid-warriors-jabbed-visitors-3770771.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Museum locations==
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===Asia===
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Madame Tussauds Beijing|Beijing]], China (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.madametussauds.com/beijing|title=Madame Tussauds Beijing|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112202325/https://www1.madametussauds.com/beijing|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Chongqing]], China (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.madametussauds.com/chongqing/|title=Madame Tussauds Chongqing|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803154345/https://www1.madametussauds.com/chongqing/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Madame Tussauds Shanghai|Shanghai]], China (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.madametussauds.com/shanghai/|title=Madame Tussauds Shanghai|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103093635/https://www1.madametussauds.com/shanghai/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Wuhan]], China (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.madametussauds.com/wuhan/|title=Madame Tussauds Wuhan|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113051032/https://www1.madametussauds.com/wuhan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Madame Tussauds Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/hong-kong/zh-hant/|title=Madame Tussauds Hong Kong|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=7 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007023349/https://www.madametussauds.com/hong-kong/zh-hant/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Madame Tussauds Delhi|Delhi]], India (2017-2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/delhi/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Delhi|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922014714/https://www.madametussauds.com/delhi/en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/madame-tussauds-opens-today-at-noidas-dlf-mall/articleshow/92965689.cms | title=Madame Tussauds Opens Today at Noida's DLF Mall | Noida News - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=8 August 2022 | archive-date=8 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808223418/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/madame-tussauds-opens-today-at-noidas-dlf-mall/articleshow/92965689.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]], Japan (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.jp/ja/|title=Madame Tussauds Tokyo|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=ja|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615165112/https://www.madametussauds.jp/ja/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Madame Tussauds Singapore|Singapore]] (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/singapore/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Singapore|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926185638/https://www.madametussauds.com/singapore/en|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], Thailand (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/bangkok/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Bangkok|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122073233/https://www.madametussauds.com/bangkok/en/newsandevents/amitabhbachchanlaunch.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merlinentertainments.biz/newsroom/news-releases/2021/madame-tussauds-attraction-to-open-in-dubai-in-2021/|title
===Europe===
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Madame Tussauds Amsterdam|Amsterdam]], Netherlands (1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/amsterdam/nl/|title=Madame Tussauds Amsterdam|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=nl|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923155106/https://www.madametussauds.com/amsterdam/nl|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Berlin]], Germany (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/berlin/de/|title=Madame Tussauds Berlin|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=de|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012154918/https://www.madametussauds.com/berlin/de/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Madame Tussauds Blackpool|Blackpool]], United Kingdom (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/blackpool/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Blackpool|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924054342/https://www.madametussauds.com/blackpool/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], Hungary (2023)<ref name="hvgarticle">{{Cite web|url=https://hvg.hu/kultura/20230523_Egy_szobaban_Beyonce_Szechenyi_Hszi_Csinping_es_Zambo_Jimmy|title=Egy szobában Beyoncé, Széchenyi, Hszi Csin-ping és Zámbó Jimmy – bemutatták a budapesti Madame Tussauds-t|language=hu|website=hvg.hu|access-date=23 May 2023|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523195820/https://hvg.hu/kultura/20230523_Egy_szobaban_Beyonce_Szechenyi_Hszi_Csinping_es_Zambo_Jimmy|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Madame Tussauds Istanbul|Istanbul]], Turkey (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/istanbul/tr/|title=Madame Tussauds Istanbul|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=tr|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104045022/https://www.madametussauds.com/istanbul/tr/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Madame Tussauds London|London]], United Kingdom (1835)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/london/en/|title=Madame Tussauds London|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=18 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118212738/https://www.madametussauds.com/london/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Prague]], Czech Republic (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/prague/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Prague|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=cs|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002526/https://www.madametussauds.com/prague/en/|archive-date=11 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Madame Tussauds Vienna|Vienna]], Austria (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/wien/|title=Madame Tussauds Vienna|publisher=madametussauds.com|language=de|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120000839/https://www.madametussauds.com/wien/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===North America===
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Madame Tussauds Hollywood|Hollywood]], United States (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/hollywood/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Hollywood|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922021655/https://www.madametussauds.com/hollywood/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Madame Tussauds Las Vegas|Las Vegas]], United States (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/las-vegas/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Las Vegas|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=7 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007063855/https://www.madametussauds.com/las-vegas/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], United States (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/nashville/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Nashville|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021021737/https://www.madametussauds.com/nashville/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Madame Tussauds New York|New York City]], United States (2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/en/|title=Madame Tussauds New York|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015002803/https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], United States (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/orlando/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Orlando|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018015153/https://www.madametussauds.com/orlando/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Madame Tussauds San Francisco|San Francisco]], United States (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/san-francisco/en/|title=Madame Tussauds San Francisco|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013133756/https://www.madametussauds.com/san-francisco/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], United States (2007-2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/washington-dc/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928034829/https://www.madametussauds.com/washington-dc/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Oceania===
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Madame Tussauds Sydney|Sydney]], Australia (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com.au/en/|title=Madame Tussauds Sydney|publisher=madametussauds.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830051332/https://www.madametussauds.com.au/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
===Celebrity poses with their wax figures===
Celebrities have often posed like their wax figures as pranks and [[publicity stunt]]s:
* On 3 November 2009, the museum's New York City branch was featured in a segment on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' in which weatherman [[Al Roker]] posed in place of his lifelike wax figure for two hours and startled unsuspecting visitors, who were at first led to believe they were viewing Roker's wax counterpart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0dBqeCMro|title=Al makes people jump out of their skin|last=The Weather Channel|date=30 December 2009|via=YouTube|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=2 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202081507/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0dBqeCMro|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2010, [[Ozzy Osbourne]] did similarly in New York to promote his album ''[[Scream (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Scream]]'' (2010).<ref>[http://www.ozzy.com/es/news/ozzy-scares-fans-madame-tussauds-wax-museum Ozzy Osbourne scares people at Madame Tussauds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619221346/http://www.ozzy.com/es/news/ozzy-scares-fans-madame-tussauds-wax-museum |date=19 June 2015 }}. Retrieved 30 May 2010.</ref>
* [[NBA]] players [[Carmelo Anthony]] and [[Jeremy Lin]] pranked fans during the unveiling of their statues at the New York and San Francisco museums, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allball.blogs.nba.com/2012/06/27/carmelo-anthony-takes-the-time-to-prank-visitors-at-madame-tussauds/|title=Carmelo Anthony Takes The Time To Prank Visitors at Madame Tussaud's " NBA.com – All Ball Blog with Lang Whitaker|publisher=National Basketball Association|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629215437/http://allball.blogs.nba.com/2012/06/27/carmelo-anthony-takes-the-time-to-prank-visitors-at-madame-tussauds/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-jeremy-lin-madame-tussauds-20140910-story.html|title=Jeremy Lin pranks at Madame Tussauds, pretends to be wax likeness|first=Eric|last=Pincus|website=Los Angeles Times|date=11 September 2014|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619224747/http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-jeremy-lin-madame-tussauds-20140910-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2015, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] posed as the [[Terminator (character)|Terminator]] statue in the Hollywood museum, to promote a charity event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/06/18/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-prank-madame-tussauds/|title=Entertain This! – Daily hits and misses in pop culture|website=USA Today|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619172605/http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/06/18/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-prank-madame-tussauds/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ant & Dec|Ant and Dec]] pranked [[Olly Murs]] by tricking him into using a machine that will "scan every part of Olly's face and body to create the most accurate wax figure ever" as a part of their annual Undercover segment on their show, ''[[Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Watch Ant & Dec prank Olly Murs for Saturday Night Takeaway |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a629478/watch-ant-dec-prank-olly-murs-for-saturday-night-takeaway/ |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=Digital Spy |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713032227/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a629478/watch-ant-dec-prank-olly-murs-for-saturday-night-takeaway/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* Madame Tussauds is the focus of [[Steve Taylor]]'s song "[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)|Meltdown (at Madame Tussauds)]]", which describes someone turning up the [[thermostat]] and causing the wax figures to melt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sockheaven.org/discography/taylor/meltdown/01.html |title=Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's) – Meltdown – Steve Taylor Discography |publisher=Sock Heaven |access-date=14 November 2010 |archive-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612042807/http://www.sockheaven.org/discography/taylor/meltdown/01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Taylor wrote the song as "a new metaphor to ask [the] same question" as Jesus, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/artists/steve-taylor/features/cloning-around-with-steve-taylor/ |title=Cloning Around With Steve Taylor |publisher=Todays Christian Music |access-date=10 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312061649/http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/artists/steve-taylor/features/cloning-around-with-steve-taylor/ |archive-date=12 March 2017 }}</ref>
* [[The Beatles]] had their wax figures featured along with [[List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|cardboard cutouts of various famous people]] in the cover art for ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4380296.stm|title=Beatles waxworks sell for £81,500|date=28 October 2005|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619215940/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4380296.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Several sculptures from the London branch (including [[George W. Bush]] and [[Tony Blair]]) appear in the 2004 music video "[[Popular (Darren Hayes song)|Pop!ular]]" by singer-songwriter [[Darren Hayes]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Darren Hayes – Pop!ular |url=https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2021/08/30/darren-hayes-popular/ |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=Can't stop the pop |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713105137/https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2021/08/30/darren-hayes-popular/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Madame Tussauds sculptures are used on the cover of [[Rick Wakeman]]'s album ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (album)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]''. A waxwork of [[Richard Nixon]] also appears in the background.<ref>Wooding, Dan (1978). ''Rick Wakeman: The Caped Crusader''. p. 104. Granada Publishing Limited.</ref>
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[[File:Street Advertising (5795814747).jpg|thumb|upright|Advertising man pasting a bill for Madame Tussaud's [[Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds)|Chamber of Horrors]], London 1877. Early exhibits included [[Burke and Hare murders|Burke and Hare]]. The chamber closed on 11 April 2016 and was replaced by the [[Sherlock Holmes]] Experience.<ref>{{cite news |title=Now you too can play at being Sherlock Holmes |url=https://inews.co.uk/essentials/now-can-play-sherlock-holmes-13201 |access-date=5 July 2020 |agency=iNews |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705222157/https://inews.co.uk/essentials/now-can-play-sherlock-holmes-13201 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
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