Wax museum 1783 this added a "Caverne des Grandes Voleurs" ("Cave of the Great Thieves"), an early "Chamber of Horrors". He bequeathed his collection to his protegé Marie Tussaud, who during the French Revolution made death masks of the executed royals. Madame Tussauds, historically associated with London, is the most famous name associated with wax museums, although it was not the earliest wax museum, as is sometimes thought. In 1835 Madame Tussaud established her first permanent exhibition in London's Baker Street. By the late 19th century most large cities had some kind of commercial wax museum, like the Musée Grévin in Paris
Baker Street robbery Baker Street robbery The Baker Street robbery was the burglary of the safe deposit boxes at the Baker Street, London branch of Lloyds Bank, on the night of 11 September 1971. The robbers had rented the leather goods shop Le Sac, two doors north of the bank, and tunnelled a distance of approximately passing under the intervening Chicken Inn restaurant. To avoid being overheard, they dug only during weekends. They initially used a thermal lance to try to break into the vault but ultimately had to use explosives. Robert Rowlands was a ham radio operator who lived in a fifth