Презентация на тему Виртуальные туры

in the world. There are wax models of the

famous and infamous, both living and dead people. It was first opened over 200 years ago and remains just as popular as it ever was.

not far from the street which is famous as

the home of the first great detective in fiction, Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

. Her father, a soldier, was killed in a

battle during the Seven Years War only two months before Marie’s birth. Her mother was a housekeeper . From the earliest childhood Marie learnt modeling techniques with Dr. Curtius. Just before the French Revolution they moved to Paris.

age of 16. Madame Tussaud is considered to be the

first business lady in the world’s history and is called a grandmother of modern show – business. She succeeded in business at time when women were rarely involved in the world of commerce. Marie Tussaud was eighty-nine and one of the nineteenth century's most successful career women when she died at her London home in Baker Street.

in 1835 followed by her famous Chamber of Horrors

collection in 1845, where Madame Tussaud displayed a collection of death masks that she had made of the victims of the guillotine during the Tiger Woods. Over 150 measurements are taken to create an accurate portrait.

because wax shrinks. The wax used for the figures

is similar to candle wax. Each figure weights about 15 kg – with 4.5 kg of wax used for the head and 1.4 kg for the hands.
Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Marilyn Monro, Michael Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, the British Royal family, Bill Clinton, Jack the Ripper ... There is no other place where you can see all the celebrities at once, even if they are only wax figures.

with kings and queens, presidents, scientists, sportsmen or the

latest pop stars, or probably with notorious criminals, this is the place to go. It takes about six months to complete a figure, most of which is spent on the portrait head.

sometimes even moving and talking. They are extremely realistic

and when they look at you, their eyes sparkling, you often feel uncomfortable in their company. Computer controlled figures are especially popular with the visitors.

attraction in London. There's usually a long queue in

front of the museum. No wonder! Many tourists would consider their trip to London worthless if they didn't visit the famous Madam Tussaud's museum.