Madame Tussauds in London: Tickets and Tours

I always remember visiting Madame Tussauds as one of the most fun experiences I had in London. Do not miss this magical place, especially if you are traveling with family or friends, where you will laugh, hallucinate and discover more than 250 characters.

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London Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Tickets

the best tickets to Madame Tussauds in London with access to all rooms

Pose with the most famous characters in the world in this fantastic museum. Enjoy the different sections such as the one dedicated exclusively to the Star Wars saga.

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In the hilarious Madame Tussauds museum in London you can take the best pictures with the most popular characters in the world. Get your tickets for the wax museum and get up close and personal with the countless hyper-realistic figures. From Madonna to Albert Einstein to Johnny Deep or Queen Elizabeth II.

Enter the magical Star Wars universe and take a selfie with Yoda or Princess Leia. You can also ride the classic London black cab and take a tour through the history of the city, with the Spirit of London Ride, included in your tickets.

Recommended if... you are going to London with family and friends and want to have a few laughs.

I recommend you to buy your tickets in advance on the Internet, as the queues are huge every day. You can choose between standard (general) or premium tickets. And if you are going to spend several days in London, you can buy the London Explorer Pass, which includes this ticket and many others.

Buying your ticket at the Madame Tussauds ticket office is possible, but it is a museum that attracts 2.5 million visitors a year and queues can last up to 3 hours. My advice is that if you are thinking of buying your ticket there, go very, very early.

With this ticket to the wax museum you will enjoy a tour of the entire wax figure exhibit. Plus, you'll get to sit in a typical London cab as you virtually ride through the history of the city on the Spirit on London Ride.

And you can also immerse yourself in the Star Wars galaxy with Yoda, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in a breathtaking exhibit created in collaboration with Disney and Lucas Film.

Looking for direct access to Madame Tussauds Museum and all its activities? Get the Premium Ticket and enjoy a VIP experience. With this ticket you will skip the queues and get the most out of your visit to the museum.

The premium ticket will open the doors of the Madame Tussaud's museum and all its immersive experiences. You can attend the Sherlock Holmes Experience, live a cinema trip to the Star Wars saga and enjoy free popcorn during the viewing of a 4D movie with the mythical characters of the Marvel comics.

There is also a third possibility to access the Madame Tussauds museum, which I encourage you to consider if you are going to spend several days in the city. As you will discover in this other article I have written on London Tourist Cardsa tourist pass is really practical, as it includes access to the main attractions of London saving a lot of time in queues and quite a lot of money in tickets.

The London Explorer Pass is the must-have pass in London, as it offers the possibility to choose up to 7 attractions among the 31 available, including Madam Tussauds.

The Magic London Pass, on the other hand, is the best pass for family trips, as it includes access to 4 dream places: London Eye, the spooky rides you will discover with the London Dungeon tickets, the fun adventures of Shrek's Adventure and the impressive London aquarium, Sea Life London.

Vicky's Top Traveller Tip

Consider purchasing a tourist pass to save on your trip if you want to visit other attractions such as the London Eye.

As for the distribution of the Madame Tussauds museum, I will tell you that it is divided into several thematic sections, all equally interesting, but I leave them here so you can organize your visit and emphasizing the characters that you most want to know.

Explore

This is the collection that includes immersive experiences in the Marvel and Star Wars universes, and where you can see the singer Dua Lipa and Princes Harry and Meghan up close.

Our Stars

It features characters from the spheres of film, social life and music, and where you will verify the measurements of the rooms on which Kim Kardashian rests. You will take selfies with the incombustible Beyoncé, the delicate Audrey Hepburn and two of nature's primes like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, among many others.

Culture and History

Here you will travel through history through its Spirit of London Ride and the looks of some of the characters that marked it, such as Albert Einstein, Hitler, Van Gogh or Nelson Mandela, besides being able to compare your height on a catwalk with some of the biggest top models in the world as Cara Delevigne.

Other experiences

Thanks to this section, you can come face to face with the dreaded Alien or King Kong and his animatronic head over 5 meters tall, and become Sherlock Holmes or a real YouTuber for a day.

Who would have thought centuries ago that Marie Tussauds, born in France, would end up becoming one of the most popular names in the world when she learned to mold in wax while working as a housekeeper. From her first exhibition in 1776 at the Royal Palace in Paris, her success was such that she was called to work as art teacher to the sister of King Louis XVI and ended up living in the Palace of Versailles itself!

When her mentor died, Tussauds inherited his entire collection of wax figures and her fame and recognition gave her the nickname of Madame Tussauds and to inaugurate and install, in 1884, what today is the largest collection of celebrity figures in the world, the Madame Tussauds Museum.

To help you make the most of your visit, here are some useful information.

How to get to the Madame Tussauds museum

The museum is well connected with public transport lines in the city. Located on Marylebone Rd, so you can get to Madame Tussauds through various combinations of subway, train or bus:

Public transport in London

The best way to get around London is with your Oyster Card, a season ticket that you can buy and recharge at any of its subway stations. Nowadays, you can also use your contact-less debit or credit card on London's public transport (subway or bus) and the fare will be deducted from your bill.

Madame Tussauds opening hours

Madame Tussauds is open every day of the week, from Monday to Sunday, but before venturing to visit check their website for opening times according to the calendar date on which you travel. Within the opening hours from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, opening hours may vary depending on the months and days of the year.

Services available at Madame Tussauds Museum

• Marylebone: As if that were not enough, you can take advantage of your visit to the Madame Tussauds museum to get to know other attractions offered by the district in which it is located, Marylebone. This area, south of Regent's Park, has the largest concentration of Georgian houses in London. Several terraced houses by John Nash, the famous English architect, embellish the southern end of the busiest royal park in the city.
• Regent's Park: To complete a perfect day of sightseeing and relax a little after your long tour of the museum, you can not miss a visit to Regent's Park, less than 900 meters from Madame Tussauds. Its beautiful Queen Mary's Gardens are fabulous to spend a pleasant summer afternoon, as well as its lake, with a variety of waterfowl.
• The Sherlock Holmes House Museum: Just 200 meters from the museum, at 221b Baker Street, you can discover where the most perceptive detective in history lived according to Arthur Conan Doyle. Converted into an exhibition, the Sherlock Holmes Museum building, dating from 1815, has been furnished exactly like the apartment described in the books.
• Marble Arch: A little further away, but only a kilometer away from Madame Tussauds, you can discover the Marble Arch, a great triumphal arch that witnesses a whirlwind of daily traffic and, also designed by John Nash in 1827, once served as the entrance to Buckingham Palace.
• Oxford Street: If you have shopping to do, take the opportunity to go through the 'Fifth Avenue' of London. A little more than 1 kilometer from Madame Tussauds, in Oxford Street, you will find almost anything, from the most basic souvenirs to the latest fashions of great designers. It is a must at Christmas, when the streets are decked out in lights and decorations creating a really special atmosphere.

Vicky's Top Traveller Tip

Take advantage of your visit to Madame Tussauds to discover its surroundings: a wonderful park and a typical English neighborhood that tourists always overlook.

I hope I have solved all your doubts about the museum, how to organize your visit, the best of its surroundings... But if you are thinking about visiting any other attraction, my recommendation is that you value the London Eye. Here you have an article where I collect all the information about the London Eye. London Eye Tickets and Tours.

It is also a great idea to take a one hour cruise on the Thames, as it will allow you to rest a little after your long walks while you continue contemplating the London skyline from the water. You have all the information in this guide on the best Thames river cruises in London

But if in addition to leisure you want to take a little more of English culture as a souvenir, I encourage you to visit other historical sites such as Westminster Abbey or the Tower of London. You will find all the details on how to visit them in these two articles: tickets for Westminster Abbey in London: how to buy and prices and tickets for the Tower of London: how to buy, prices and opening hours