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Madame Tussauds Museum is the most amazing wax museum in the world that attracts 2.5 million people every year. This museum is situated in London, close to Baker Street, where you can find the house of the well-known detective Sherlock Holmes. This museum is one of the most visited tourist attractions in London. Marie Tussaud, the founder of the museum, was French. Young Marie worked in Strasbourg for Philipp Curtis, a wax modeller. Firstly, she helped him to organise an exhibition of wax figures in Paris, and then she started doing models herself. She made her first wax model of Voltaire, a famous French writer, being only 17 years old! After the death of her teacher, Marie inherited the collection of models, with which she moved to Great Britain. Her first exhibition took place in Baker Street, and it consisted of about 30 models. In 1884, the museum was transferred to a new place, where it is still situated. Every day hundreds of people stay in a long queue to enter Madam Tussaud’s and to see many favourite actors, singers, members of the Royal Family, and many other characters and celebrities made of wax that amaze with their resemblance to reality.

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What can you see at Madame Tussauds Museum?

How old was Marie Tussaud when she made her first wax figure?

What did Marie Tussaud found?

How many people visit Madame Tussauds Museum a year?

Where is Madame Tussauds Museum situated in London?

What is Baker Street famous for?

What was Philipp Curtis?

What did young Marie do in Strasbourg?

How did young Marie help Philipp Curtis in Paris?

When was the museum transferred to a new place?

Many wax figures of favourite actors, singers, and members of the Royal Family.

17.

Her museum of wax figures.

2.5 million.

Close to Baker Street.

The house of the well-known detective Sherlock Holmes is here.

A wax modeller.

Worked for Philipp Curtis.

Helped him to organise an exhibition of wax figures.

In 1884.