WAXIPEDIA

THE BEATLES Backstage at Tivoli Gardens

(picture from the 1978 Louis Tussaud's Wax Museum guidebook)

In the beautiful city of København (Copenhagen, Denmark), within the Hans Christian Anderson Building at Tivoli Gardens Amusement Park (that inspired a man name Walt to create a place named Disneyland) there once was a great Wax Museum dedicated to the memory of English artist-entrepreneur,  Louis Tussaud.  There were five incarnations of this museum (which I will go into greater detail of later on). But, this picture is from (my personal favorite) the third. Here, the "FAB FOUR" have a relaxing moment before going to play an imaginary gig on Tivoli's infamous stage.

   Created by Spanish Artist Jose Ballester - George, Paul John & Ringo would eventually be sloppily dressed in costumes vaguely recalling their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover. After the museum closed in 2005, the figures were sent to inhabit the NEW 'Louis Tussauds Waxworks' in Bangalore, India.

As a more recent note, the business partnership between Innovative Film City (where Louis Tussaud's Workworks India was located) and it's parent company Ripley's Entertainment went sour and the partnership was dissolved. But that didn't mean the wax figures came back to the United States. They remained there on public display, in limbo, for years as attempts were made to reprocure them. 

Sadly, if news reports are to be believed the wax museum, and thus these wonderful wax figures of The Beatles, were destroyed in a 3am fire on February 22, 2018.

Dedicated to preserving the history of Wax Arts, and the unique stories of all those involved in its development, WAXIPEDIA strives to become the ultimate source of information on the subject of wax museums.  Anyone interested in donating items for preservation are invited to contact me at timothywrandall@gmail.com. Donated items will be cataloged, digitally scanned, photographed, and restored.  All donated items will be credited to their specific donors and will be preserved and made available to future generations of artists, designers, historians and fans.