伦敦蜡像馆以其展出的蜡像闻名于世。它是由杜骚夫人创办的,因此以她的名字命名。她出生于法国斯特拉斯堡市,从小随其叔父学艺并帮助制作蜡像。1802年她带着一批蜡像来英国展出,获得成功。1835年她在伦敦建立了蜡像馆。从那时到现在,145年过去了。在此期间,馆址由贝克街迁移到玛利尔庞街,蜡像馆由家庭经营变成了股份公司。蜡像的制作水平越来越高,内容也更加丰富多采。现在它每年吸引着200万人(为1941年的10倍)前来参观。蜡像馆分四个展览楼层(包括地下室)。三楼是展出的重点。这儿有“戏剧性场面”、“温室”和“英雄”三个展厅。“戏剧性场面”着来象舞台演出,这儿的蜡像群表现英国近代史上发生的重大事件,如维多利亚女王登基、盖·福克斯阴谋炸毁 The Wax Museum is famous for its waxwork on display. It was founded by Mrs. Dauphin, hence the name of her. Born in Strasbourg, France, she studied art with her uncle and helped create a wax figure. In 1802 she came to England with a collection of wax figures for her success. In 1835 she founded the wax museum in London. 145 years have passed since then. During this period, the site moved from Baker Street to Malier Pang Street, and the Wax Museum became a joint-stock company from the family business. Wax production of higher and higher levels, the content is more abundant. It now attracts 2 million people each year (10 times 1941) to visit. Wax Museum is divided into four exhibition floors (including the basement). The third floor is the focus of the exhibition. Here are three “dramatic scenes”, “greenhouse” and “hero” three exhibition halls. “Theatrical scene” comes as a stage performance, where wax figures represent major events in modern British history such as Queen Victoria’s throne, cover-up conspiracy to blow up