Delhi’s Madam Tussauds to reopen from April 2022

The company running the museum will offer discounts to frontline workers

New Delhi: Though the Madame Tussauds’ wax museum in Delhi’s Connaught Place is closed for the last one year, it will once again be opened for the public at a new place in the national Capital in April 2022. The company running it has decided to give special discounts to frontline workers and those who have been vaccinated.

London’s famous Madame Tussauds is run by a company called Merlin Entertainments India Private Limited. The renowned wax museum will be opened at a new venue in one of the top malls in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). All the formalities regarding the new place have been completed, though some issues are yet to be resolved.

After discussing several aspects, the company has finally decided to reopen Madame Tussauds in April 2022 and to give special discounts to those who have been vaccinated. Anshul Jain, Director of Merlin Entertainments India Private Limited, said, “To look after the wax statues, we have a special team of makeup artistes, studio stylists, technicians and hairstylists. Every week our special team examines the statues closely and have kept them at a safe place in Delhi.”

Madame Tussauds contains wax figures of 50 famous personalities to which people from all over the world pay a visit. This wax museum comprises statues of celebrities like Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hollywood pop singer Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Father of the Nation — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli, former India captain Kapil Dev etc.