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The Musée Grévin Montreal was a
"Visite guidée du nouveau musée Grévin au Centre Eaton de Montréal", April 18, 2013.
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File:Roch Voisine Véronic DiCaire Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, Roch Voisine and
Montréal official site
Musée Grévin official site
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The Musée Grévin Montreal was a waxwork museum
A wax museum or waxworks usually consists of a collection of wax sculptures representing famous people from history and contemporary personalities exhibited in lifelike poses, wearing real clothes.
Some wax museums have a special section dubbe ...
in Montreal located in Montreal Eaton Centre in Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was open daily; an admission fee was charged.
History
On April 17, 2013, Musée Grévin's parent company, Compagnie des Alpes, opened the museum's first property outside France, Grévin Montréal, at the Montreal Eaton Centre in Montreal, Canada. Similar in scope to the original Paris location, Grévin Montréal features wax adaptations of people relevant to Canadian and Québécois history and culture. The next location of Compagnie des Alpes, Musée Grévin Prague is open since 1 May 2014. The museum was situated in an old cinema complex, which was known as "Famous Players Centre Eaton 6". On September 16, 2021, the museum announced it was permanently closing, effective immediately.Attractions
The Musée Grévin contained some 120 characters arranged in scenes from the history of Canada fromJacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier ( , also , , ; br, Jakez Karter; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of th ...
/ref> and modern life, movie stars and international figures such as Elizabeth II, Scarlett Johansson, Albert Einstein, Lady Gaga, Mahatma Gandhi, Donald Sutherland, Leonardo DiCaprio or Naomi Campbell. New wax characters were regularly added to the Museum.
Véronic DiCaire
Véronic DiCaire (born in Embrun, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Franco-Ontarian singer and impressionist.
File:Bed-in for Peace John Lennon Yoko Ono Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, Montreal Bed-in with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
File:Louis de Buade de Frontenac Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, Louis de Buade de Frontenac
File:Justin Bieber Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, Justin Bieber
File:René Angélil Ray Charles Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, René Angélil and Ray Charles
File:Michael Jackson Ryan Gosling Musée Grévin Montréal.JPG, Michael Jackson and Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received ...
See also
* Musée Grévin *List of museums in Quebec
This list of museums in Quebec, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, s ...
Notes
External links
Montréal official site
Musée Grévin official site
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