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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the story of Madame Tussauds and its Orlando museum.
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From Strasbourg to International Drive
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1761
Born in Strasbourg
Marie Grosholtz, later Marie Tussaud, is born.
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1777
A first figure
She models her first wax figure, of Voltaire.
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1794
An inheritance
She inherits Philippe Curtius’s collection of wax models.
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1802
To London
She exhibits her work in London, beginning years of touring in Great Britain and Ireland.
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1835
Baker Street
Her museum is established in Baker Street, London.
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1850
Her death
Marie Tussaud dies in London.
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2015
Orlando
Madame Tussauds Orlando opens at I-Drive 360 on International Drive.
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2018
ICON Park
The complex is renamed ICON Park.
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A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
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