News Summary

• Wax sculpture actually has a very long history.
• Ancient Egyptians used wax figures of gods in funeral ceremonies and placed them in graves.
• Marie Tussaud learned wax sculpting from her mentor, Dr.
• Philippe Curtius, and went on to create figures of political leaders and even the severed heads of French Revolution victims.
• The museum’s process hasn’t changed all that much from how she originally did things back in the 1790s.
• Some wax figures are so far off, they owe their famous originals an apology and maybe a fruit basket.