The Panoptikum Hamburg is a wax museum in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1879 by Friedrich Hermann Faerber, it is the country's oldest wax museum. Each wax figure takes up to two years and €40,000 to complete.[1] According to its owners, the Panoptikum receives around 200,000 visitors annually as of 2018.[2]
Established | 1879 |
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Location | Spielbudenplatz 3, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany |
Type | Wax museum |
Founder | Friedrich Hermann Faerber |
Website | panoptikum |
References
edit- ^ "Die junge Frau in der Mitte des Bildes ist echt". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 21 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Levy, Sarah (12 September 2018). "'Vermögen war immer vorhanden'". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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