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| Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. | |
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| Area | 1001 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004 |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | 2007 (2007) |
| Closing date | March 2020 |
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| Attraction type | Wax Museum |
| Website | https://www.madametussauds.com/Washington/ Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. |
Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. was awax museum located inWashington D.C., the capital city of the United States. The attraction opened in October 2007 and became the 12th Madame Tussauds venue worldwide, and featured wax sculptures of famous figures from politics, culture, sports, music and television. In comparison to other Madame Tussauds venues, the venue features more waxworks of political figures, with sculptures of all 45 U.S. presidents displayed.
The wax museum was a block away fromFord's Theatre.
The museum closed after March 17, 2020, because of theCOVID-19 pandemic. The closure was announced as temporary, but the museum never reopened. In July 2021, the museum operator was seeking to sublease the entire space of the former museum to outside parties.[1]
The museum contained several themed rooms where visitors were allowed and encouraged to look at, touch and take photographs next to popular public figures:
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