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Wax museum in Hamburg, Germany
Panoptikum Hamburg
Established1879; 145 years ago (1879)
LocationSpielbudenplatz 3, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
TypeWax museum
FounderFriedrich Hermann Faerber
Websitepanoptikum.de

The Panoptikum Hamburg is a wax museum in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1879 by Friedrich Hermann Faerber, it is the country's oldest wax museum. Each wax figure takes up to two years and €40,000 to complete. According to its owners, the Panoptikum receives around 200,000 visitors annually as of 2018.

References

  1. "Die junge Frau in der Mitte des Bildes ist echt". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 21 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. Levy, Sarah (12 September 2018). "'Vermögen war immer vorhanden'". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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