I’ve never really understood the appeal of wax museums, but apparently there are many tourists in this world who enjoy gazing upon wax replicas of history’s villains, heroes, and stars.
That being said, the National Wax Museum in Dublin was recently shut down to make room for a hotel. Its relocation has been delayed due, in part, to city officials “citing the wax museum’s lack of cultural merit.”
Ouch.
But that’s not all. Dublin’s array of wax figures recently suffered further indignation when the warehouse in which they were being stored was broken into and used as a venue for an underground rave party. The ravers were not kind to the wax figures. According to a recent AP report, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill were all stripped naked, Madonna’s limbs were broken off, and The Edge lost his guitar.
Other wax replicas went missing altogether, including Hannibal Lecter, Bob the Builder, Gollum, and the entire Teletubbies quartet.
I’m sorry, but the thought of some stoned Irish kids, giggling and tripping over themselves as they spirited Hannibal Lecter through the dark streets of Dublin really makes me laugh.