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
