WELCOME TO
THE WORLD IN WAX

Take an exciting Captain Cook's tour of history, from early renacsonce Michael Angelo, to when man walked on the moon, to meeting today's Prime Minister. That's over 600 years of history for you to learn and explore.

The WORLD IN WAX is an exciting educational journey through time. WITNESS and EXPLORE our past and present HEROS, SCIENTISTS, MOVIE STARS, SINGERS, ROYALTY, PRIMEMINISTERS and PRESIDENTS, ARTISTS AND VILLIANS.

Come face to face with AUSTRALIAN CELEBRITES, KYLIE MINOUGUE, JOHN HOWARD, CROC DUNDEE and MANY MORE...

Each wax figure dressed in authentic and accurately recreated costumes of their time.

On your next visit to Surfers Paradise, the Gold Coast, Australia don't miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with your favorite celebrities.

WE LOOK FOWARD TO YOUR VISIT

How do you make a Wax Figure???

The World in Wax has over 65 figures each with their own story on how they made history.

Wax Figures have been around for centuries. We can trace the art of wax modeling to ancient Egypt, where death masks were recreated in wax from the dead Kings.

Modeling methods have hardly changed since that time.

If you are lucky enough to be invited for a sitting, the first step is to collect preliminary information- press photographs, articles.

The Wax Museum is then to consider which part of the exhibition the figure is to be places, what pose should the exhibit be in and its relationship to other wax portraits.

You will be required to give the sculptor a sitting where detailed photographs are taken, hair and eyes are matched and cloths noted. The sculptor takes precise measurements, such as the dimensions of ears and nostrils and observes the character and personality of the subject.

DID YOU KNOW...
Wax is organic and deteriates with time. The Wax Museum has heat sensors to make sure the correct environmental temperature is maintained to keep the wax in a comfortable environment and keep the wax figures to continue to "live for ever".

The next step in the creation of a wax head is the creation of the head in clay. A plaster mold is then made. The shell of the head is placed upside down and Bees Wax is headed to 70 degrees and carefully poured into the mold.

Once the mold has cooled the mold is removed with extreme care.

The sculptor selects the eyes, teeth and hair. Each strand of hair (up to 500,000 strands per head), eyebrows, beards and moustaches are implanted strand by strand.

Makeup is applied to achieve a perfect resemblance, moles, freckles, wrinkles, under eye shadows and scars.

Finally the model is dressed in an outfit using old Techniques to design and create an accurate looking costume.

The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard donated his clothes to the Museum make his figure look as realistic as possible.