Madame Tussauds

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/madame-tussauds

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founder?Marie Tussaud
2. What is the year of london museum founding?1835
3. Why do Madame Tussauds figures look so real?Artists build each figure on a metal armature and layer wax, paint skin tones, add veins, freckles, and hand‑painted eyes. Real hair is inserted strand by strand to make the figures look lifelike.
4. How did Madame Tussauds begin in London?Marie Tussaud moved to London in 1802 and opened her first permanent museum on Baker Street in 1835. The museum grew so large that it moved to a bigger building on Marylebone Road in 1884.

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