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People Say This Wax Museum Is The Worst In The World And Here Are 19 Pictures To Prove It
No one can argue that wax models are fun. Who wouldn’t like a selfie with the life-like Queen Beyoncé or ex-President Barack Obama? But there’s one wax museum that beats its own purpose—the waxworks are such a far cry from the truth, you may need a second (and a third) guess.
Louis Tussaud's House of Wax in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk has achieved cult status with tourists flocking from all over the world to see the infamous monstrosities. From Victoria Beckham looking like a full-blown Karen waiting to see a manager, to Prince Charles ready to hit a drag lip-sync battle, the misshapen models give a whole new perspective on what the waxwork could be. It could be anything. So let's have a look at some of the worst works down below.
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#1
Boy George
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#2
Prince William
#3
Rowan Atkinson
The owners, Jane and Peter Hayes, closed the attraction in October 2012 after running it for half a century. The pieces were sold to a secret Czech collector who surely has unique taste. Jane, 83, told Mirror that “all the models and machines and frames were sold in one go.” But the woman doesn’t know who the chap was.
Peter, who ran the museum for 57 years, admitted in 2008 that the models became so old they were no longer lifelike. According to Dailymail, each figure cost around $1,245 to make. The auction estimated that the whole collection was worth up to $14,943, but it’s not clear for how much it was sold to the buyer.
#4
The Queen
#5
David And Victoria Beckham
#6
Mussolini
Named after the great-grandson of Madame Tussaud, the museum was located on Regent Road. According to the BBC, it employed three full-time staff members in addition to the Hayeses. People on Trip Advisor expressed their disappointment with the museum’s closure. “It will be sorely missed,” said one user. The other one called it a “sad loss” and said that “Yarmouth will never be the same...”
#7
Margaret Thatcher
#8
Michael Jackson
#9
The Beatles
#11
Adolf Hitler
#12
Prince Charles
#13
Princess Diana
#14
Elvis Presley
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
This Elvis wouldn’t even be eligible to compete in an Elvis lookalike contest.
#15
Kylie Minogue
#16
Pope John Paul 2nd
#17
Tony Blair
djinnjeannie 4 years ago
With most of these you can see a very tiny similarity at least in some features/hairstyle but this one is insanely bad
#18
John Major
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
It's sad. Someone tried their very best at these, with the limited resources they had, and was probably pretty proud of how they turned out and then they read the comments... My heart aches for them.
MagNat 4 years ago
I thought that too, but tbh there shouulb be someone on the way to decide if they're okay for the museum or not.
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Matthew Smith 4 years ago
I'm not surprised, many are British public figures.
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Sharon Wilson 4 years ago
I live in Great Yarmouth and sadly the wax works closed years ago :( they sold everything off and they are now spread around the world. But its always to see this resurface again and that people have no idea who they are ....
Ms.GB 4 years ago
They look like they bought some mannequins on discount and just tried to make them look like celebrities by adding wax, makeup and hair.
M Bonilla 3 years ago
Mannequins??? Looks like they bought cadavers wholesale and did the above...😬😱
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Joe Petrosino 4 years ago (edited)
Is Phil Collins doing a follow up to his video for 'Land of Confusion'?
Nicola Archibald 4 years ago
The Pope JP 2 one is actually really well done, it looks nothing like John Paul 2nd, but the detail of whoever the hell it is, is marvellous.
Skay (Maria) Navarre 4 years ago
Some look like real ppl some don’t. They tried, or it’s meant to be like that. It’s not Madame Tussaud’s after all.
Barry Taylor 4 years ago
I went from the bottom up, so I could GUESS who they were before I saw the name. I only got 6 of them right, and mostly from the clothes. You would think Hitler would have been a no-brainer, but I figured it was Charlie Chaplin....
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Is it intentional? Like, are they that bad on purpose or are they just f*****g blind?
Rebecca Buchanan 4 years ago
I guess the people with the real talent could not be enticed to make wax figures?
Ken Hamrick 4 years ago
I thought Boy George wasn’t that bad....the rest pretty horrible. I mean Sean Connery? Geeze....that was the worst!
Chewie Baron 4 years ago
They look like some described them through the medium of mime to a blind and deaf person and this is what they made.
Alun Mountford 4 years ago
They may not be brilliantly accurate, but they are not awful. The person who made them clearly tried and with some got quite close. Regardless of their accuracy, the models themselves would seem well made. I think public media can be a forum for unfair sneering. I doubt if any who criticise these models could do anywhere near as good a job.
Geoffrey Holland 4 years ago
Hey if you're going to have a cut-rate museum then you're going to have cut rate models. Most of them are pretty obvious who they're meant to be even if they're not the best recreations.
Lynden Manning 4 years ago
They're actually technically well sculpted, they just don't look that much like they're namesakes.
Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
Ay, every artist starts out bad, and needs practice to improve! I'm sure it's better than anything you can do.
Moose Keating 4 years ago
I will say this. They nailed Margaret Thatcher. The rest are a disaster.
Carole Reid 4 years ago
If they were not identified, I would not know who they were supposed to be. Might take a wild guess on on one or two.
Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
There was a 2005 horror movie called "House of Wax" with Paris Hilton in the cast. (It would have been just as bad without her, btw). It's too bad that the museum with these...creations...has closed. It would have been a great setting for a horror movie. No killer would have been needed, the simple plot is some young people are trapped in the museum and they can't turn out the lights, so they are stuck with these monstrosities!
Niall Allen 4 years ago (edited)
Right, we want you to make this list of famous characters, but the modelling clay were bought is flawed and sets in 3 minutes, so...GO!
Neil Bradley 4 years ago
Great Yarmouth is a very weird place. I did some shop fitting down there a few years ago. After work we went to find a fish and chip shop, when we went in the guy behind the counter was chinese and couldn't speak a word of english so we had to point at what we wanted. He was quite friendly otherwise than that.
boredkoala 4 years ago
The worst part is all of the figures' shoulders are just wrong... just a bit too pointy, too flat, and too low which makes the silhouettes freaky.
Matthew Smith 4 years ago
Waxworks my a**e, more like cheap plastic. Whoever made these monstrosities should be named and shamed. As for the museum, should be shut down for good.
J Rob 4 years ago
"The owners, Jane and Peter Hayes, closed the attraction in October 2012 after running it for half a century."
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
It's sad. Someone tried their very best at these, with the limited resources they had, and was probably pretty proud of how they turned out and then they read the comments... My heart aches for them.
MagNat 4 years ago
I thought that too, but tbh there shouulb be someone on the way to decide if they're okay for the museum or not.
Load More Replies... Matthew Smith 4 years ago
I'm not surprised, many are British public figures.
Load More Replies... Sharon Wilson 4 years ago
I live in Great Yarmouth and sadly the wax works closed years ago :( they sold everything off and they are now spread around the world. But its always to see this resurface again and that people have no idea who they are ....
Ms.GB 4 years ago
They look like they bought some mannequins on discount and just tried to make them look like celebrities by adding wax, makeup and hair.
M Bonilla 3 years ago
Mannequins??? Looks like they bought cadavers wholesale and did the above...😬😱
Load More Replies... Joe Petrosino 4 years ago (edited)
Is Phil Collins doing a follow up to his video for 'Land of Confusion'?
Nicola Archibald 4 years ago
The Pope JP 2 one is actually really well done, it looks nothing like John Paul 2nd, but the detail of whoever the hell it is, is marvellous.
Skay (Maria) Navarre 4 years ago
Some look like real ppl some don’t. They tried, or it’s meant to be like that. It’s not Madame Tussaud’s after all.
Barry Taylor 4 years ago
I went from the bottom up, so I could GUESS who they were before I saw the name. I only got 6 of them right, and mostly from the clothes. You would think Hitler would have been a no-brainer, but I figured it was Charlie Chaplin....
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Is it intentional? Like, are they that bad on purpose or are they just f*****g blind?
Rebecca Buchanan 4 years ago
I guess the people with the real talent could not be enticed to make wax figures?
Ken Hamrick 4 years ago
I thought Boy George wasn’t that bad....the rest pretty horrible. I mean Sean Connery? Geeze....that was the worst!
Chewie Baron 4 years ago
They look like some described them through the medium of mime to a blind and deaf person and this is what they made.
Alun Mountford 4 years ago
They may not be brilliantly accurate, but they are not awful. The person who made them clearly tried and with some got quite close. Regardless of their accuracy, the models themselves would seem well made. I think public media can be a forum for unfair sneering. I doubt if any who criticise these models could do anywhere near as good a job.
Geoffrey Holland 4 years ago
Hey if you're going to have a cut-rate museum then you're going to have cut rate models. Most of them are pretty obvious who they're meant to be even if they're not the best recreations.
Lynden Manning 4 years ago
They're actually technically well sculpted, they just don't look that much like they're namesakes.
Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
Ay, every artist starts out bad, and needs practice to improve! I'm sure it's better than anything you can do.
Moose Keating 4 years ago
I will say this. They nailed Margaret Thatcher. The rest are a disaster.
Carole Reid 4 years ago
If they were not identified, I would not know who they were supposed to be. Might take a wild guess on on one or two.
Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
There was a 2005 horror movie called "House of Wax" with Paris Hilton in the cast. (It would have been just as bad without her, btw). It's too bad that the museum with these...creations...has closed. It would have been a great setting for a horror movie. No killer would have been needed, the simple plot is some young people are trapped in the museum and they can't turn out the lights, so they are stuck with these monstrosities!
Niall Allen 4 years ago (edited)
Right, we want you to make this list of famous characters, but the modelling clay were bought is flawed and sets in 3 minutes, so...GO!
Neil Bradley 4 years ago
Great Yarmouth is a very weird place. I did some shop fitting down there a few years ago. After work we went to find a fish and chip shop, when we went in the guy behind the counter was chinese and couldn't speak a word of english so we had to point at what we wanted. He was quite friendly otherwise than that.
boredkoala 4 years ago
The worst part is all of the figures' shoulders are just wrong... just a bit too pointy, too flat, and too low which makes the silhouettes freaky.
Matthew Smith 4 years ago
Waxworks my a**e, more like cheap plastic. Whoever made these monstrosities should be named and shamed. As for the museum, should be shut down for good.
J Rob 4 years ago
"The owners, Jane and Peter Hayes, closed the attraction in October 2012 after running it for half a century."
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