Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, Wax museum in Peak Tower, Hong Kong.
Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is a wax museum inside the Peak Tower on Victoria Peak that presents replicas of more than 100 famous figures from film, music, sports, and politics. The figures are arranged in themed zones, and visitors walk through the rooms taking photos alongside life-size sculptures that mimic the appearance and clothing of their real counterparts.
The museum opened in 2000 as the first Madame Tussauds location in Asia, bringing a tradition that Marie Tussaud founded in 19th-century Europe to the city. Since then, the collection has grown and changed regularly to include current stars and public figures from the region and around the world.
The museum's zones are named in both Chinese and English, such as Hong Kong Glamour, Music Icons and Kung Fu Zone, and by 2015 the Korean Wave zone had been added as K-pop fandom took root in the city. Figures are unveiled at ceremonies attended by the celebrities themselves and their fans. Bae Yong-joon, unveiled in May 2006, was the first Korean celebrity represented in any Madame Tussauds museum.
Visitors can buy tickets online, often at a discount, and combine the visit with a ride on the Peak Tram that goes directly to Victoria Peak. The museum sits inside the Peak Tower and is reached by elevators and stairs from the building's viewing levels.
Andy Lau's figure, unveiled in April 2005, was the museum's first animatronic: made of silicone rather than wax, it has a heartbeat mechanism inspired by the Brad Pitt animatronic in Amsterdam. Miriam Yeung's figure, unveiled in November 2006, was the first wax figure anywhere with built-in sensors that let it giggle.
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