![]() Because as weird as a good wax statue looks, a truly bad wax statue can haunt your nightmares. Louis Tussaud’s wax museums are now owned by Ripley Entertainment, and while they all are uniquely…off-putting, none really hold a candle to the “what the fuck” emanating from Niagara Falls. So yeah, we’re here to talk about the museum run by the guy who wasn’t good enough to stay in his family business, but decided to set off on his own and try anyway. When it was time for Joseph to step down, he chose his son John Theodore Tussaud, resulting in poor Louis leaving the family business to start his own waxwork museum in 1890. Francis was then succeeded by his son Joseph, whose trained his sons John and Louis in the family business. When Madame Tussaud retired, she passed her…whatever you use to sculpt wax (knife? Chisel? Blowtorch?) on to her son Francis, who became the chief artist of the Exhibition. She traveled through the British Isles to display her collection of wax statues to get by, and after 33 years she finally established her own permanent exhibition on Baker Street.Īs it still is in business today, it clearly did well for itself. Tussaud visited London in 1802, but found herself unable to return to her native France due the Napoleonic Wars. Curtis in 1794, who left her his entire collection of wax works. But Tussaud survived, and continued to work in the medium of wax until the death of Dr. She was eventually spared by Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois, who was a fan of her work, and also killing people, as he was responsible for over 2,000 executions during the Revolution. She began her own career making sculptures before being sentenced to death during the French Revolution due to the belief that she was a royal sympathizer. She spent her childhood learning under the doctor, eventually creating her first wax sculpture (of Voltaire) in 1777 at the age of 16. Philippe Curtis, her mother’s boss and a physician skilled in the art of wax modeling. Marie Tussaud was born in France (boooo) in 1761, and as a six year old girl was taken under the wing of Dr. The Most Terrifying Wax Statues at Louis Tussaud’s Niagara Falls Waxworks Museumįirst, let’s take a little look at the history of the only wax sculpture family that is (sort of) a household name. So, um, strap in we guess, because we looked through some of the offerings of the Niagara Falls location of Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, and what we found…well it’s not great. His other locations aren’t that much better. The Louis Tussaud’s Waxwork Museum located in Grand Yarmouth, for example, was called the “world’s worst waxwork museum” before it closed in 2012. Which brings us to Louis Tussaud, Marie Tussad’s great-grandson who took up the family business and…well, his legacy is less than exciting. Now just because something is famous doesn’t mean it’s “necessary.” If we’re being completely honest, wax sculpture museums are very creepy and uncanny valley even at their best. ![]() The original location in London opened in 1835, but dozens of satellite museums have sprung up all over the world during the 180 years of its existence. Just about everyone has at least heard of Madame Tussauds-it’s pretty much the gold standard for wax sculptor museums in the world. ![]()
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