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Heroes of black history are on display at the famed Madame Tussauds Wax museum.
 * **Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Celebrates Black History Month** ||  ||
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The unique exhibit is giving students a hands-on look at some of the most important figures of the civil rights movement.

Living legends like Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith are also on display.

By meeting figures like Jackie Robinson and Colin Powell, and reading the information about their lives students are getting more out of the day than just a field trip.

Statues take between three and six months to create and operations director Bret Pidgeon says most have a rigorous beauty regimen.

"Some of the figures get their hair washed, some get touch-ups with make-up. We use oil paints for the face and that is done daily," he explained.

The exhibit has 14 historical figures and unlike at a regular museum, you're encouraged to touch and feel the wax figures.

The exhibit runs throughout the month, but the figures can be found throughout the museum the rest of the year.

Madame Tussaud's statues of famous political figures
A number of famous political figures are immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud's museum in Las Vegas. These include both the living as well as the departed. And, though most are from the USA, others are from other countries, as well. To your left, you see a picture of **Princess Di** as represented at Madame Tussaud's.



And, to your right, you see a picture of **Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis** as she is portrayed at Madame Tussaud's. Along with Princess Diana and Jackie Kennedy, you'll see wax replicas of John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin.



Famous singers and musicians at Madame Tussaud's
Actors aren't the only ones memorialized at the Las Vegas Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. You'll find replicas of a number of singing greats and instrumentalists here, as well. To your left is a **picture of Bono from U2.**



To your right, you see a picture of **Madonna's wax replica.** Other noted musicians with statues at Madame Tussaud's include Elvis Presley, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Judy Garland, Louis Armstrong...and there are yet others on the list, as well.