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By Laura Porter, About.com Guide to London Travel

Madame Tussauds London

Wednesday August 13, 2008
Madame Tussauds Studios London has been making wax figures for over 150 years. Each masterpiece takes four months, and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors, to create. Over 500 precise body measurements are referenced, real head hairs are inserted one by one, and countless layers of paints and tints are applied to build up skin tones -- all to achieve the kind of astonishing realism that has kept Madame Tussauds world-renowned for over two centuries.

Madame Tussauds London's visitors are sent on a unique, emotionally-charged journey through the realms of the powerful and famous. The museum-style ropes and poles have gone, allowing guests to truly get up, close and personal with A-list celebrities, sporting legends, political heavyweights, and historical icons, reliving the times, events and moments that made the world talk about them. See the Madame Tussauds London Visitor Guide and Madame Tussauds photos.

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