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Located in the Nanjing Road business circle, Shanghai Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is the sixth museum of its kind in the world.
Some twenty world famous figures are shown up in the museum. They include England football player David Beckham, basketball player Michael Jordan, well-known scientist Albert Einstein, and late princess Diana, etc. It also includes the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei, Chinese Nobel laureate Yang Zhengning, and famous Hong Kong entertainment stars like Jay Chou, Jacky Chan, Andy Lau, etc.
Apart from figures display, the museum also set up a room for visitors to get to know how these wax figures are made. Visitors can even ask the museum staff member to make wax figures for themselves.
Sales of the tickets and ticket prices in Shanghai Madame Tussauds wax museums are the same as other museums around the world. Museum staff member said that as Shanghai attracted millions of visitors every year, they believed that many would come and visit the museum.
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum was first built in 1835, and was famous for making vivid wax figures for world famous people, which creates a chance for normal people to get closer to famous people. The museum’s operating company, Tussauds NBD, a subsidiary of the Tussauds International group, attracts 14 million visitors every year.
Address: 10F, New World Commercial Building, No.2-68, West Nanjing Road
Opening time: 10:00-22:00
Tel: 021-63587878
Price: 135 RMB for adult, 100 RMB for child under 1.2m and old people