Museo de Cera de Las Condes, Wax museum in Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Museo de Cera de Las Condes is a wax museum in the Parque Los Dominicos, in the Las Condes district of Santiago. It occupies the renovated former warehouses of the colonial complex of the Iglesia de San Vicente Ferrer, at the entrance to the Centro Artesanal Pueblito Los Dominicos. Its 37 wax figures of Chilean public figures were made by the Chilean sculptor Rómulo Aramburú.
The museum was an initiative of the Municipality of Las Condes, run through its cultural and education-health corporations. Its opening, first set for 8 July 2019, was pushed to 23 July after the Chilean sculptors' society criticised the first images of figures such as Gabriela Mistral, Stefan Kramer and Luis Jara, and four were retouched. Mayor Joaquín Lavín inaugurated it in the remodeled former warehouses of the San Vicente Ferrer church complex, at the entrance to the Pueblito Los Dominicos craft centre.
The figures represent Chileans who have shaped the nation across different fields and generations. Visitors encounter familiar faces from politics, sports, and the arts that many people recognize from their own culture.
The museum occupies the renovated former warehouses of the San Vicente Ferrer church complex, at the entrance to the Pueblito Los Dominicos craft centre in Parque Los Dominicos, Las Condes. Access is through that craft centre, so the wax figures are reached on foot from the market entrance.
Each figure is created through precise body measurements and detailed research into the actual person. This painstaking process ensures that the face and expression look authentic and true to the individual.
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