Musée Grévin

The Grevin Museum is a famous waxworks on the Boulevard Montmartre in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after Alfred Grevin it, who established it on June 5, 1882, together with Arthur Meyer. 1998, it was extensively renovated for 7.5 million euros. Striking at the Grevin Museum is the design according to subject. The respective wax figures are fitted into a suitable person for the environment (such as an auditorium with actors, studio among painters ). In addition, the museum was expanded to include the exhibition "Spirit of Paris " in 1998. A further highlight is the " Palais des Mirages ", a splendid mirror space, effectively illuminated, gives the illusion of being in a whole suite of rooms. The Parisian architect Eugène Hénard, creator of the like, sensationally successful " Palais des illusions " of the Paris World Exhibition in 1900, created for Gabriel Thomas, the then owner of the Musée Grevin this somewhat reduced but improved version. A high domed room of 1882 is one of the attractions of the Grevin Museum. The museum is one of 600,000 visitors annually and is one of the most popular leisure attractions of Paris. Since 1999, the Musée Grevin belongs to Grevin & Cie.