Panoptikum Hamburg

Panoptikum Hamburg
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Established1879; 146 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.[1] According to its owners, the Panoptikum receives around 200,000 visitors annually as of 2018.[2]

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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