Madame Tussauds London

Address: Marylebone Road, London.

Opening hours: The best way to know whether the branch you are planning to visit is open is to go to its official website. The opening calendar shows each date marked by a certain colour. For example, all of August 2012 is in red, including the weekends. This means that every day in August 2012, the museum is open from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. For the year 2012, at least, the museum will only be closed on Christmas Day.

Contact: Phone +44 871 894 3000

If you are visiting London, do not forget to go to Madame Tussauds. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions situated in Central London. You can find it in the building that used to be the London Planetarium. As you may already know, Madame Tussauds is a wax museum that features highly realistic figures of famous people. This Madame Tussauds is the original, which had been operating since 1884 in Marylebone Road. The max museum is being managed by Merlin Entertainments.

The wax museum is divided into several zones. This means that people of the same type of celebrity are housed in the same gallery. So, Madame Tussauds is very organised. For example, when you go into the A-List Party zone, you should be able to see figures of Angeline Jolie, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp, Leonardi diCaprio and the like. You are also treated with the Big Brother experience in this room. There are other zones with catchy names, featuring Hollywood celebrities, Warhol's women, directors, athletes, royalty, writers, scientists,painters, musicians, singers, politicians and even serial killers. There is even a Behind the Scenes zone that also explores the museum's history.

There are other sources of entertainment in the wax museum. You can, for example, enjoy a sit-down ride called the Spirit of London. You get to sit in taxis that go through London’s history. The ride starts during the Tudor times and ends in the 1980s. You may also want to go to the Marvel Super Heroes 4D where you will see the likenesses of your favourite heroes, such as Wolverine, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and Nick Fury.

You can find Madame Tussauds branches in other cities all over the world. There are eleven other branches in the United States, Europe and Asia. The newest branches are in Blackpool and Vienna.

The best way to know whether the branch you are planning to visit is open is to go to its official website. The opening calendar shows each date marked by a certain colour. For example, all of August 2012 is in red, including the weekends. This means that every day in August 2012, the museum is open from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. For the year 2012, at least, the museum will only be closed on Christmas Day. There are some ticket promos that help you save up if you come in groups, combine tickets or come more often. The usual adult price, however, is £30.00.