Madame Tussauds Budapest offers special long weekend programs: Light show, St. Stephen wax figure, falconer

The Hauszmann Hall of Madame Tussauds Budapest will shine in festive lights for the holiday weekend of 20 August. At the entrance, visitors can meet a falcon, a hawk, an owl, and an eagle, while the world’s only wax statue of St. Stephen awaits visitors inside the exhibition.

Festive programmes at Madame Tussauds Budapest

Photo: Madame Tussauds Budapest

Those who visit Madame Tussauds Budapest as part of the holiday program can have a special experience. Extra programs and spectacles await guests on the long weekend. On 19-20 August, a master falconer and his birds will entertain visitors in front of the entrance, and animators dressed in historical clothing will walk the rooms of the building.

Of course, anyone can take a photo with the world’s only wax figure of St. Stephen as well. The wax figure of the founding monarch stands in the same Hauszmann Hall as King Matthias, Lajos Kossuth, István Széchenyi and Sándor Petőfi in the downtown palace, home to Madame Tussauds Budapest. When visitors stand next to the figure, background music enhances the charm of the atmosphere. The figure was created after several months of work in the company’s London studio, with the involvement of Hungarian experts.

Creating the figure of St. Stephen was not exactly an easy task: the only representation of him is on the coronation mantle. The piece of clothing, which originally functioned as an item for celebrants, may have been made during the king’s lifetime. Only the face of St. Stephen greets us from this ancient mantle, which can be seen today in the Hungarian National Museum. The sword shown in the production was partially modelled based on the assumed weapon that belonged to our legendary king and is now kept in Prague. The sword may have reached the Czech Republic on an adventurous journey centuries ago.

Photo: Madame Tussauds Budapest

During the long weekend, it’s also worth looking up occasionally, because, for the national holiday, a special light show makes the Hauszmann Hall even more impressive, while sometimes the beats of the rock opera Stephen, the King are played. For these few days, the Cinema Cafe is preparing festive bites in the form of tricolour macarons.

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