The Grevin Museum is a Parisian wax museum on Montmartre Boulevard, which opened its doors on June 5, 1882.
| Grevin Museum | |
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| Musée grevin | |
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| Address | 10, Boulevard Montmartre - 75009 Paris |
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| Site | Museum official site |
Content
History
In 1881, Arthur Meyer decided to create a wax museum for his newspaper Le Gaulois ( Le Gaulois ), following the example of the Madame Tussauds museum that had existed for more than a century. He turns to the sculptor, cartoonist and theatrical costume designer Alfred Greven with a proposal to make for the museum sculptures of popular characters of the era, people about whom his newspaper writes.
Collection
The museum's collection contains about 450 waxworks of famous people or fictional characters. Most of the exposition is presented in the form of scenes depicting key moments in the history of France:
- Roland's death
- the assassination of duke giz
- Louis XIV at Versailles
- Golden brocade field
- killing Marat
- inauguration of the Suez Canal
The museum, in particular, presents:
- Celine Dion
- Nolvénn Leroy
- Michael Jackson
- Charles Aznavour
- Elton John
- Louis Armstrong
- Ray Charles
- Jimi Hendrix
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Mozart
- Phil Collins
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Mireille Mathieu
- Elvis Presley
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Roberto Benigni
- Brigitte Bardot
- Isabelle Adjani
- Jean Renault
- Romy Schneider
- Gerard Depardieu
- Charlie Chaplin
- Louis de Funes
- Marilyn Monroe
- Thierry Lermitt
- Fabrice Lucini
- Sharukh Khan
- General de Gaulle
- Napoleon
- Francis I
- Louis XIV
- Joan of Arc
- Marat
- Tony blair
- George Bush
- Jacques Chirac
- John Paul II
- Vladimir Putin
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Louis Bleriot
- Naomi Campbell
- Michael Schumacher
- Albert Einstein
- Zinedine Zidane
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Ernest Hemingway
- Victor Hugo
- Amelie Notomb
- Pablo Picasso
- Renoir
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Michelangelo
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Spider man
- Lara Croft
- Obelix
Le Al Branch
The branch of the museum is open on the 1st underground floor of the Forum Le Al commercial center in the Le Al quarter. The theme of the branch is “the beautiful era ”.
Mirage Palace
Giant kaleidoscope, show: from palaces 1001 nights to impenetrable jungle.
Practical Information
The entrance to the museum is located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . Museum address: 10, Boulevard Montmartre - 75009 Paris. The nearest metro station is Grands Boulevards.
Opening hours: every day 10:00 - 18:30, on weekends - until 19:00.