#WAXWORKS MUSEUMS MOVIE#

You will feel like you are in a romantic fairytale world.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Special tip: after visiting the museum, go to Café Bosc de les Fades around the corner. At the same time, however, the charm of the historic palace has been preserved.Įspecially with children you will have fun in this waxworks. It sees itself as a museum of the 21st century, modern, interactive and the visitors have a lot of fun. The museum was redesigned as part of the corona lockdowns. His experience clearly benefited the presentation of the figures. The renovation of the former bank building was led by the architect and set designer Enrique Alarcón. The magnificent building, which has housed the Museu de Cera since 1973, was built in 1867 as a representative building for the general credit bank 'El Comercio'.

You can get tickets from a real seller in the museum or here on this website. There is a striking ticket kiosk on the Rambla, of course with a wax figure. The museum is located in the small square that can be reached from the southern part of the Ramblas through the small street Passatge de la Banca. Waxworks museum building, the former bank of Barcelona A friendly Frankenstein is your shadow and the ground moves with your steps. Magic and technology come together in the 'avenue of interaction'. In the 'Allee des Terrors' you will be confronted with less friendly contemporaries - historical and current. Above all, of course, Lionel Messi, the unforgettable star of FC Barcelona. It starts with the legend 'Ice and Fire', then 'Good and Devilish People', followed by the hall where famous athletes greet you. On the top floor it gets a bit scary, but not only. The Museu de Cera describes cooking as the eighth art movement.

#WAXWORKS MUSEUMS MOVIE#

If the Catalonia area is still unknown to people but is dedicated to a world-famous cultural achievement, in the other rooms on this level you will be confronted mainly with famous personalities: musicians such as Freddie Mercury, Elton John Scientists like Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking Artists like Salvador Dalí or Pablo Picasso Actors like Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson, Jonny Depp or Tom Hanks along with their movie characters. The first floor continues with the hall 'Homage to Catalonia', that is how far the castellers from the ground floor reach up. You can then see our planet from space from a space station, and you can also go on an excursion into the vastness of the universe one hall further. Or you just say hello to the icon of the fight for better protection of our climate, Greta Thunberg. The fact that the new wax figure museum is devoted to more current topics is shown in the 'The Depth of the Sea' room, which is committed to the preservation of this unique habitat, and the 'Climate Crisis' room, in which you can deal with the consequences of climate change. Here you have the opportunity to see the castellers, the human towers, in life size with their exhausting tower construction: The castell extends over several human floors. The stairwell, which was dedicated to Catalonia and its culture, is more humane. If you continue to follow the tour through the museum, you will be shocked by the famous film character King Kong in the Jungle and Kong halls. So is the name of this room: cops and thieves. The former vault of the old bank of Barcelona and at the time the best guarded room is now the target of thieves from all over the world. Here you can experience the personalities of the history of Barcelona up close and in time lapse. The first room after the lobby is the Barcelona Hall. Have your camera ready, photography is expressly encouraged. You begin the tour through the world of wax figures in the magnificent hall on the ground floor. You will see personalities from Spanish-Catalan and European history, internationally known greats such as Barak Obama, Lionel Messi, Albert Einstein, Brad Pitt, Greta Thunberg, Jack Nicholson, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Stephen Hawking and many more.įamous film personalities are also given a broad space: Capain Jack Sparrow from 'The Curse of the Caribbean', the various protagonists from 'Star Wars' and Arthur Fleck from 'Joker'. Each of the 28 halls of the Barcelona Wax Figure Museum has its own focus.

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