I found real studded leather in the Wallace Collection

[pukunui]

Apparent;y it's no longer a Madame Tussaud's. Now appears to be Louis Tussaud's and is no longer listed on the Madame Tussaud's website. Strange.

Street View of Louis Tussaud's Waxworks · Google Maps

5709 Victoria Ave, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3L5, Canada

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They must have had a falling out and are no longer an official franchise!

 

[Ryujin]

They must have had a falling out and are no longer an official franchise!

A bit of searching shows that there are several Louis Tussaud's wax museums, across North America, and they're named for Madame Tussaud's grandson. Maybe I'm misremembering it from so long ago? I saw one reference stating that it was renamed Madame Tussaud's back around something like 2010 but that Google Street View I posted isn't very old, so that might be mistaken?

 

[Thourne]

I am fairly certain it was Louis when the wife and I were in Canada in 2017.
Can't say for otherwise.

 

[pukunui]

A bit of searching shows that there are several Louis Tussaud's wax museums, across North America, and they're named for Madame Tussaud's grandson. Maybe I'm misremembering it from so long ago? I saw one reference stating that it was renamed Madame Tussaud's back around something like 2010 but that Google Street View I posted isn't very old, so that might be mistaken?

Huh. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it's the "world's worst waxworks"!

"The Tussaud name is above the waxwork museum in Niagara Falls. But it is Louis Tussaud's, rather than Madame Tussauds. And Louis, bless him, hasn't left quite the same legacy.

Louis was Marie's great-grandson, and worked as a wax-sculptor at her famous London museum. But his brother was appointed chief artist and manager, so Louis left in a huff to set up on his own. His first effort burned to the ground within six months, so he moved to northern seaside resort Blackpool. The Louis Tussaud's there is now a Madame Tussauds after being taken over. And the outpost in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, regularly dubbed the home of the world's worst waxworks, closed in 2012.

So it is left to Niagara Falls to carry this dubious torch, and boy are some of the waxworks a bit special."

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Louis Tussaud's

Special is right...