Musée Grévin Museum

Address: Musée Grévin, 10 Boulevard Montmartre, 75009 Paris, France

Website: https://www.grevin-paris.com/en/

Musée Grévin is a Paris wax museum founded in 1882 that displays life-size wax figures of historical personalities, contemporary celebrities and staged scenes. The museum was created during the late 19th century as a popular attraction combining portraiture and theatrical settings.

Visitors move through themed rooms and tableaux where wax figures are arranged in reconstructed historical or cultural scenes. The collection has grown through additions and updates to reflect new public figures while preserving historic tableaux.

The museum is located in the Grands Boulevards area of Paris, within the 9th arrondissement, and is a short walk from central Paris theatres and boulevards.

• Rotating figures: The museum presents celebrity and historical figures as wax likenesses and updates figures regularly to reflect current public figures and events.

Take Paris Métro lines 8 or 9 to Grands Boulevards station; the Musée Grévin is immediately adjacent to the station (about a 1-2 minute walk) on the Grands Boulevards/Boulevard Montmartre area of central Paris.

• Buy a timed or skip‑the‑line ticket online and aim for a weekday late‑afternoon slot to shorten queue waits.
• Use the main entrance on Boulevard Montmartre to avoid winding through side streets and to position yourself near the start of the route through the galleries.
• Take extra time for the staged tableau scenes and any temporary sets; these theatrical arrangements are often glossed over by quick visitors.