Photo courtesy of Madame Tussauds
As if one Donald Trump in D.C. isn’t enough, Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax version of the president-elect this morning that is now on permanent display at the museum’s downtown location.
“Creating the new U.S. President is a tradition that we look forward to every election cycle and we are proud to welcome such a lifelike figure to our attraction,” said Therese Alvich, general manager at D.C.’s Madame Tussauds, said in a release.
Trump will be the first president to have already been featured as a Madame Tussauds wax figure. In 1997, he sat down at Trump Tower New York and allowed artists to take hundreds of measurements and photos. The resulting figure traveled to the museum’s locations across the globe, including New York and Las Vegas, according to spokesperson Chellsy Costello.
After Trump won the 2016 election, the museum referenced his previous info to create the latest likeness.
It took 20 artists and six months to create the figure. And “achieving his iconic hairstyle took no less than five weeks with each hair individually inserted by hand,” according to the release.
It took a team of 20 skilled artists six months to create @realdonaldtrump‘s wax figure, costing £150,000. #WaxTrump pic.twitter.com/N6RQnxs9Th
— Madame Tussauds (@MadameTussauds) January 18, 2017
Replicas will also be displayed permanently at the museum’s New York, London, and Orlando locations.
In D.C., Trump “will stand tall in an immersive recreation” of the White House Rose Garden, which is a new addition to the attraction’s President’s Gallery. Visitors at other locations will find Trump in oval office settings.
Visitors @MadameTussauds can explore a replica of the Oval Office, and come face-to-face with @realdonaldtrump pic.twitter.com/jO99KrSMl9
— Madame Tussauds (@MadameTussauds) January 18, 2017