In response to David Haberstich who did not view Madame Tussaud's London wax museum as a "real" museum? Quite the contrary, Madame Tussaud's does have "real" collections and "original" artifacts, not just the modern figures, but also figures originally created by Madame Tussaud herself including the death masks of such notable figures as Louis XVI and Marie Antionette in the section on crime and punishment. Not to mention, the museum has some educational value in relating how wax figures are made and of the history of Madame Tussaud around the time of the Frence Revolution. Maybe one should not be so quick to judge what is a museum. Laura McMann Museum Studies Program George Washington Univ. <[log in to unmask]>