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
The Museum of Cieszyn Silesia A separate section of the exhibition is devoted to father Jan Leopold Szersznik - the founder of the Museum and militaria located in the armoury on the first floor. The Scientific Library of the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia was set up as a museum library along with the creation of the museum in 1901. In 1960 the Museum donated a part of its collection to a newly set up branch of the Silesian Library (currently Książnica Cieszyńska). The most precious items of the collection are incunabula and old prints - part of a book collection of a famous collector from