the wax museum ( museo delle cere )
The
Wax Museum was opened in 1958 according to the wishes
of Fernando Canini who wanted to give the city of
Rome a museum similar to those he had visited
in London and Paris, the collection is
the first of its kind in Italy and because of the importance
and number of figures represented in the museum
it is classified as the third most important
wax museum in Europe after Madame Tussaud's
of London and the Grevin in Paris.
The
museum's collection keeps growing, at the moment
it has about 250 wax models of historical
figures, politicians, artists,
scientists, poets, musicians, men
of culture and entertainment of all times with particular
consideration to the events and personalities of the
twentieth century; some of the halls of the Museum feature
faithfully reconstructed important historical events
of the last century such as the last session of the
Great Fascist Council on 24 July 1943 and the first
Conference of the Italian Popular Party in
Bologna presided by Don Sturzo and Alcide De Gasperi
and settings such as the hall of the small papal throne
with Giovanni XXIII appointing a new cardinal,
Abraham Lincoln on the platform in the Theatre
of Washington in 1895 and Lenin addressing Russian
peasants.
The
collection is completed by reproductions of some
famous instruments used for executions in Europe
and America (electric chair, gas chair,
garrotte) and wax works dedicated to children
that illustrate the main dinosaur species or
recall the protagonists of the best-loved fairy tales
such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
and Sleeping Beauty.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Piazza SS. Apostoli, 67
Visiting
Hours Every day from g.oo am to 8.00 pm; August
from 9.00 am to 11.00 pm
Telephone
06 677347
For
Tours information –
private guided tours – special entrances, no waiting
in line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
