Musee Grevin

From Paris Hotels Reviews

A remnant from the fun-loving times on the Grands Boulevards is the waxworks in the Musèe Grèvin (www.grevin.com; Mon-Fri 10am-6:30pm, Sat & Sun 10am-7pm; last admission an hour before closing; €18, children €10.50; M° Rue Montmartre), on boulevard Montmartre. It's somewhat overpriced, but a fun outing nonetheless. You can prop up the bar with Ernest Hemingway or have your photo taken next to Isabelle Adjani, Zinedine Zidane or one of the many other French literary, media and political personalities, as well as the usual bunch of Hollywood actors. Many of the displays illustrate scenes from French history, especially the more grisly episodes such as the St. Bartholomew’s Dew massacre. Perhaps the best thing about the museum, though, is the original rooms: the magical Palais des Mirages (Hall of Mirrors), built for the Esposition Universelle in 1900; the theatre with its sculptures by Bourdelle; and the 1882 Baroque-style Hall of Columns, where among other unlikely juxtapositions, Lara Croft prepares for action a few metres away from a dignified Charles de Gaulle, while Voltaire smiles across at the billowing skirts of Marilyn Monroe.