Sneak peek at Madame Tussauds in Bangkok

Sewvandi Promodya Wickramasinghe
4 min readApr 11, 2020

Who doesn't like a good and enjoyable place where people can get photographs with wax statues.

Madame Tussauds Bangkok is the place to discover live wax figures with which you can often touch, hug, play and even take selfies with most favorable A-list celebrities.

This was my first visit to any of the wax museum worldwide. I just love this place as this looked so inspiring to me. Many of the great world leaders, actors, athletes wax were there. It was an amazing experience. If you come to Thailand and didn’t visit this museum, then the trip doesn’t worth at all.

Madame Tussauds Bangkok is located in the Siam Discovery shopping center in the Siam area. It’s basically fun for the entire family and I think it’s a good way between 10 am and 2 pm to spend those busy midday hours. It’s also in a mall which makes it accessible to shopping and eating as well.

(Location: 6th Fl. Siam Discovery, 989 Rama I Rd, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

Why should Madame Tussauds Bangkok be on your travel list?

Just imagine how cool it is to tell your friends back home that you participate in a research with Mark Zuckerberg. Or show them a selfie of you and Queen Elizabeth! This exclusive wax museum has many galleries, in which visitors can look, touch, hug and even take a peek at the figures of the world’s changing power.

I love this museum with its interactive exhibits and real-life sets that will certainly release your inner imagination.

Thanks to the amazing handicraft of sculptors behind the museum, all the models appear as though they had a true life. As a result, visitors have a golden opportunity to take a closer look at the people they admire so much.

The A-List Room is completely dedicated to the rising stars in Hollywood and Asia.

Your heart may sink when walking by Leonardo DiCaprio because he’s always been a nominee of major acting awards in Hollywood.

After being awestruck by how realistic the wax figures are, you can continue your trip by stopping in the show on the second floor where you can learn more about wax sculpture.

Now get ready to blown away your thoughts!

Do you know that the hair used for the figures is actual human hair and that each hair string has to be one by one? In order to make the picture alive, the eyes play an significant role, in addition to the makeup. It can take three and six months to produce every wax figure and it costs approximately 300,000 USD. So careful maintenance is a must.

Is it worth the experience? I guess it was, because we spent good two hours taking pictures as souvenirs at this particular branch in Siam Discovery and we had a lot of fun doing.

Would I suggest to my friends Madame Tussauds? Of course :)

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Sewvandi Promodya Wickramasinghe

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