Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Sydney ~ Celebrities, Saints, Royals & Villains

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London and has expanded with branches in Sydney, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Shanghai, Berlin, Washington D.C., New York City, and Hollywood. The current owner is Merlin Entertainments Group. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud and was formerly known as "Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction, displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and other celebrities.

Marie Tussaud was born as Anna Maria Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg, France. Her mother worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius in Bern, Switzerland, who was a physician skilled in wax modelling. Dr Curtius taught Tussaud the art of wax modelling. One of the oldest surviving sculptures by Curtius is of Madame du Barry.

Tussaud created her first wax figure, of Voltaire, in 1777. Other famous people she modelled at that time include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin and casted death masks of victims of the French Revolution. Following Dr Curtius's death in 1794, she inherited his vast collection of wax models and spent the next 33 years travelling around Europe. Her marriage to François Tussaud in 1795 lent a new name to the show: Madame Tussaud's.

Madame Tussauds wax figure

As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, she was unable to return to France, so she travelled throughout Great Britain and Ireland exhibiting her collection. From 1831 she took a series of short leases on the upper floor of "Baker Street Bazaar". By 1835 Marie had settled down in Baker Street, London, and opened a museum.

Today, the wax museum is a wonderful place to get up close to your favourite celebrities, see the Royals and view life-like famous historical figures and people of note.

List of sculptures in Sydney's Madame Tussauds:

Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
Lady Gaga
Leonardo DiCaprio
Bruce Willis
Marilyn Monroe
Johnny Depp
Rihanna
Michael Jackson
Kylie Minogue
Delta Goodrem
Slim Dusty
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Iron Man
ET
Jackie Chan
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Alfred Hitchcock
Oprah Winfrey
Rove McManus
Ned Kelly
Captain Cook
Madam Tussaud herself
Nelson Mandela
Barack Obama
Dalai Lama
Queen Elizabeth II
Albert Einstein
Jimmy Barnes
Keith Urban
Dannii Minogue
Miranda Kerr
Eric Bana
Mark Webber
Donald Bradman
Layne Beachley
One Direction (coming October for 3 months only)

Location: Aquarium Wharf, (next to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium) Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW 2000
Opening Times: 9:00am to 8:00pm daily (last admission 7pm)
Tickets: http://www.madametussauds.com/Sydney/OldBuyTickets/Default.aspx

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Metro Hotels have two hotels and one self-serviced apartments within Sydney CBD and within walking distance to Madam Tussauds at Darling Harbour. The hotels are 2-5 minutes walk to major train stations and close to buses and taxis that can take you to Darling Harbour.