The Musée Grévin Montreal was a waxwork museum in Montreal located in Montreal Eaton Centre in Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was open daily; an admission fee was charged.
History On April 17, 2013, Musée Grévin's parent company, Compagnie des Alpes, opened the museum's first property outside France, Grévin Montréal, at the Montreal Eaton Centre in Montreal, Canada. Similar in scope to the original Paris location, Grévin Montréal features wax adaptations of people relevant to Canadian and Québécois history and culture.Montreal Gazette: "Grévin Montréal wax museum opens", April 17, 2013.
The next location of Compagnie des Alpes, Musée Grévin Prague is open since May 1, 2014."Famous Grévin Museum Opens its Branch in Prague", March 29, 2013.
The museum was situated in an old cinema complex known as the "Famous Players Centre Eaton 6".
On September 16, 2021, the museum announced it was permanently closing, effective immediately.
Attractions The Musée Grévin contained some 120 charactersLa Presse newspaper: "Le musée Grévin de Montréal ouvre ses portes", April 19, 2013. arranged in scenes from the history of Canada from Jacques Cartier"Visite guidée du nouveau musée Grévin au Centre Eaton de Montréal", April 18, 2013. and modern life, movie stars and international figures such as Elizabeth II, Scarlett Johansson, Albert Einstein, Lady Gaga, Mahatma Gandhi, Donald Sutherland, Leonardo DiCaprio or Naomi Campbell.
New wax characters were regularly added to the Museum.
See also Musée Grévin List of museums in Quebec
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