The Madrid Wax Museum (Spanish: Museo de cera de Madrid) is a
wax museum located in Plaza de Colón in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
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, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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History
The museum opened on 14 February 1972.
Contents
The museum has over 450 wax figures, mostly in scenes. It contains Spanish and international figures, as well as fictional characters. More recent additions to the museum include Hollywood actors, American cowboys, famous athletes, the Pope, and Donald and Melania Trump.
The second floor of the museum has a cinema that uses 27 projectors simultaneously to show the history of Spain.
Gallery
File:Romeo y Julieta-Museo Cera (Madrid).jpg, Romeo and Juliet
File:Cervantes - Museo Cera (Madrid).jpg, Miguel de Cervantes at his writing desk
File:La maja vestida en el Museo de Cera.JPG, La maja vestida
''La maja vestida'' (English translation: ''The Clothed Maja'') is an oil painting on canvas created between 1800 and 1807 by the Spanish Romantic painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. It is a clothed version of the earlier ''La maja desnuda'', ...
File:Príncipes de Asturias en Museo de Cera.JPG, The King and Queen of Spain
File:Café Madrid-Museo cera.jpg, Madrid cafe scene
File:Diego Velázquez en el Museo de Cera.JPG, Spanish painter Diego Velázquez
File:Rafael Nadal-Museo de Cera de Madrid.jpg, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal
See also
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List of museums in Madrid
This list of museums includes museums in the municipality of Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Art museums
* Museo del Prado
*Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
*Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
**Atocha Headquarters (Sabatini and Nouvel build ...
References
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Museums in Madrid
Museums in Spain
Wax museums
Buildings and structures in Justicia neighborhood, Madrid