Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London founded by Marie Tussaud, who was born in Strasbourg and learned the art of wax modeling from the physician Philippe Curtius in Paris. During the French Revolution she made death masks of executed victims, and after traveling with her exhibition around Britain she settled permanently in London in the 1830s. The museum was first located on Baker Street and moved to its present site on Marylebone Road in 1884. Its figures include royalty, politicians, film stars and sports personalities, and the Chamber of Horrors displayed murderers. A fire and bombing in the Second World War destroyed many of the original figures, and the attraction later expanded with branches in many cities around the world.
Before and after
- 1839Photography
- 1839Publication of Oliver Twist
- 1839Cell theory
- January 1839Discovery of lanthanum
- 1839Founding of Madame Tussauds
- from 1839 to 1841Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
- from 1839 to 1876Tanzimat
- 1839Founding of Harvard College Observatory
- 19 January 1839Birth of Paul Cézanne
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- c. 1860sImpressionism
- 26 November 1865Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
- from 1886 to 1905Rise of Post-impressionism
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.