March 31, 2017 | 21:03 (GMT+7)
Wax museum featuring artists to open in Ho Chi Minh City
Visitors to Ho Chi Minh City will have a chance to pose for photos at the Wax Museum of Vietnamese Artists, known informally as Madame Tussauds Vietnam, which is scheduled to open early next month.
The museum features more than 100 life-size wax models of artists working in theater, movie and music.
A corner of the private Wax Museum of Vietnamese Artists in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: sggp.org.vn
Featured are models of artists in
cai luong (reformed opera), a genre of southern traditional theater, such as People’s Artist Dinh Bang Phi and People’s Artist Huynh Nga.
The museum includes a place to display photographs, pictures and documents about Vietnamese theater.
“We have invested more than VND 35 billion (USD 1.5 million) in building the museum. More models will be added,” said Thai Ngoc Binh, a member of the Vietnamese Wax Model Company, and owner of the museum.
According to Binh, proceeds from ticket sales will be spent on helping poor artists in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.
The museum is located on the first floor at Hoa Binh Theater at 240 Ba Thang Hai street in District 10.
Source: VNA