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Comments:	Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction displaying waxworks of historical persons, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers. Madame Tussauds was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. The exhibition is a kind of traveling newspaper, providing insight into global events and bringing the ordinary public face-to-face with the people in the headlines.<p> Hours of operation: <br> Closed on Oscars day. Open 364 days a year at 10:00 am. Closing times vary by time of year: check the 'opening times' on the website. The earliest closing time is 6:00 pm and the latest closing time is 10:00 pm. <br> Admission prices to the wax museum vary: check the website. <p> Unless you can find street parking, use the Hollywood and Highland parking garage which is one block away. With entrances on Highland Avenue and Orange Drive, Hollywood & Highland offers the best and cheapest parking in the heart of Hollywood. <br> Only $2.00 for up to 2 hours with validation from participating shops, restaurants and nightclubs. $2.00 for up to 4 hours with validation from The TCL Chinese Theatre and the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres; $1.00 for every 15 minutes thereafter. Daily maximum is $15.00. $15 flat rate on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after 10 pm. Valet Parking available for an additional $8.00 fee. <br> The parking structure is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2,000 additional parking spaces within a 10 minute walk.<p> <b>Note:</b> Both machines now take $1 bills and are preloaded with the Zinc pennies. <p> <b>Machine 1</b> is in front of the entrance to the Wax Museum. Designs all have a beaded border with 'pennycollector.com Madame Tussauds Hollywood':<br> 1. (H) A clapboard, person on a megaphone, film reel, and movie camera on a strip of film with 'California'.<br> 2. (H) Three spotlights shinning the starry sky above.<br> 3. (H) Four stars with 'U.S.A.'.<br> 4. (H) Twelve stars with a movie camera.<p> G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N34° 6' 6.3108" Longitude: W118° 20' 29.2338"<p> <b>Machine 2</b> is located across the courtyard from the entrance by the stairs. Designs all have a beaded border with 'pennycollector.com Madame Tussauds Hollywood':<br> 1. (H) A star and two handprints in concrete with 'Hollywood Blvd.'.<br> 2. (H) A stretch limousine in front of rays of light and stars with 'Opening Night!'.<br> 3. (H) A full audience in front of the Hollywood Bowl surrounded by six stars with 'Hollywood Bowl'.<br> 4. (H) The TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre).<p> G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N34° 6' 6.1842" Longitude: W118° 20' 28.8918" <p> 09/22/2023 Machines are no longer here. Spoke with a woman who told me, they had not renewed their contract with the vendor and, the machines had been removed. -JW
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Madame Tussauds

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6933 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA , 90028-6146

Phone: (323) 798-1670

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Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction displaying waxworks of historical persons, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers. Madame Tussauds was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. The exhibition is a kind of traveling newspaper, providing insight into global events and bringing the ordinary public face-to-face with the people in the headlines.

Hours of operation:
Closed on Oscars day. Open 364 days a year at 10:00 am. Closing times vary by time of year: check the 'opening times' on the website. The earliest closing time is 6:00 pm and the latest closing time is 10:00 pm.
Admission prices to the wax museum vary: check the website.

Unless you can find street parking, use the Hollywood and Highland parking garage which is one block away. With entrances on Highland Avenue and Orange Drive, Hollywood & Highland offers the best and cheapest parking in the heart of Hollywood.
Only $2.00 for up to 2 hours with validation from participating shops, restaurants and nightclubs. $2.00 for up to 4 hours with validation from The TCL Chinese Theatre and the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres; $1.00 for every 15 minutes thereafter. Daily maximum is $15.00. $15 flat rate on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after 10 pm. Valet Parking available for an additional $8.00 fee.
The parking structure is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2,000 additional parking spaces within a 10 minute walk.

Note: Both machines now take $1 bills and are preloaded with the Zinc pennies.

Machine 1 is in front of the entrance to the Wax Museum. Designs all have a beaded border with 'pennycollector.com Madame Tussauds Hollywood':
1. (H) A clapboard, person on a megaphone, film reel, and movie camera on a strip of film with 'California'.
2. (H) Three spotlights shinning the starry sky above.
3. (H) Four stars with 'U.S.A.'.
4. (H) Twelve stars with a movie camera.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N34° 6' 6.3108" Longitude: W118° 20' 29.2338"

Machine 2 is located across the courtyard from the entrance by the stairs. Designs all have a beaded border with 'pennycollector.com Madame Tussauds Hollywood':
1. (H) A star and two handprints in concrete with 'Hollywood Blvd.'.
2. (H) A stretch limousine in front of rays of light and stars with 'Opening Night!'.
3. (H) A full audience in front of the Hollywood Bowl surrounded by six stars with 'Hollywood Bowl'.
4. (H) The TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre).

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N34° 6' 6.1842" Longitude: W118° 20' 28.8918"

09/22/2023 Machines are no longer here. Spoke with a woman who told me, they had not renewed their contract with the vendor and, the machines had been removed. -JW

Machine 1 - Outside Wax Museum entrance

Machine 2 - Outside, across the courtyard from the Wax Museum entrance in front of the stairs