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Musée Grévin

May 25, 2007

Comparisons Musée Grévin with Madame Tussaud’s are almost irresistible. Musee Grevin is number one. It presents French history in a series of tableaux. Visitors will also find displays of contemporary sports and political figures, as well as 50 of the world’s best-loved film stars.

Two shows are staged frequently throughout the day. The first, called the “Palais des Mirages,” starts off as a sort of Temple of Brahma and, through magically distorting mirrors, changes first into an enchanted forest and then into a fête at the Alhambra in Granada. A magician is the star of the second show, “Le Cabinet Fantastique”; he entertains children of all ages.