Museu de Cera de Paris (França) 🇫🇷

🇫🇷 The Grévin Museum is a wax museum in Paris, located on Boulevard Montmartre. Founded in 1882 by Arthur Meyer, Alfred Grévin, and Gabriel Thomas, it is one of the oldest wax museums in Europe and a place where one can contemplate wax representations of figures who have shaped world history. The collection features over 500 figures representing various important personalities (especially from France), including politicians, athletes, singers, and actors. In 1882, Arthur Meyer, a journalist and founder of the famous newspaper "Le Gaulois," had the idea of ​​presenting his favorite personalities in three dimensions. At a time when photography was insufficiently used by the press, Arthur Meyer conceived of inventing a place where the public could finally "give a face" to certain personalities. In carrying out this project, Arthur enlisted Alfred Grévin (caricaturist, sculptor, cartoonist, and costume designer) as a collaborator. On June 5, 1882, the museum opened and quickly became an immediate success. In 1883, Gabriel Thomas, a major businessman behind the development of the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Élysées, provided Grévin with the financial resources that allowed him to grow rapidly. Check it all out in this video!