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| Established | 1882; 143 years ago (1882) |
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| Location | Rue de Lille 75343 Paris, France |
| Type | Wax museum |
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TheMusée Grévin (French:[myzeɡʁevɛ̃];Euronext: GREV) (English:Grévin Museum) is awax museum located on the Grands Boulevards in the9th arrondissement of Paris on the right bank of theSeine. TheMusée Grévin also has a location inSeoul.Musée Grévin Montreal opened in 2013, and closed in 2021.[1]
The museum was founded in 1882 byArthur Meyer, a journalist forLe Gaulois, on the model ofMadame Tussauds founded in London in 1835,[2] and named for its first artistic director, caricaturistAlfred Grévin. It is one of the oldest wax museums in Europe. Itsbaroque architecture includes ahall of mirrors based on the principle of acatoptric cistula[3] in 2018, a young American author, composer, interpreter and designer, Krysle Lip was in charge of the artistic and esthetical transformation of the Hall of Mirrors[3] The hall of mirrors was built for theExposition Universelle in 1900.[4]It was originally housed in thePalais des mirages designed byEugène Hénard.[5]
The Musée Grévin now contains some 450 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life, including a panorama of French history fromCharlemagne toNapoleon III and bloody scenes of theFrench Revolution, with the original wax figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessing their technical evolution. By contrast, the more contemporaneous movie stars, athletes, and international figures such asAlbert Einstein,Mahatma Gandhi,Shah Rukh Khan,Pablo Picasso,Michael Jackson,Josephine Baker andPope John Paul II use the modern techniques of modeling. The tableau ofCharlotte Corday murderingJean-Paul Marat created in 1889 includes the actual knife andbathtub used.
New wax characters are regularly added to the Museum among more than 2000 made since it opened. They includeZinedine Zidane,Jean Reno,Monica Bellucci,Jean Dujardin,Isabelle Adjani[4] andNolwenn Leroy.[6]
Bollywood celebrities whose wax has been added includeShah Rukh Khan,[7]Aishwarya Rai[8] andRanveer Singh.[9]
In October 2023, the museum unveiled a new wax figure of actorDwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. However, many people on social media made comments about how little the sculpture actually looked like him. Many fans pointed out that the figure's skin tone was incorrect.[10] Even Dwayne Johnson himself called on the museum to "update my wax figure with some important details, starting with my skin color.".[11] The museum later had its skin tone darkened after the statue drew a wave of attention on social media for its too-light look.[12]
In July 2024, the museum unveiled a new waxwork figure ofBeyoncé. Despite the attention to detail in the hair and costume, something quite major was amiss—the singer's face was totally unrecognisable. Many fans took to social media to share their confusion, as the wax figure looked rather different from the real-lifeBeyoncé.[13]
TheGrévin Seoul is awaxwork museum inSeoul, South Korea. The museum was founded in 2015.[14]
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