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Panoptikum Hamburg
Panoptikum Hamburg. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Panoptikum Hamburg is a wax museum in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1879 by Friedrich Hermann Faerber, it is the country's oldest wax museum. Each wax figure takes up to two years and €40,000 to complete. According to its owners, the Panoptikum receives around 200,000 visitors annually as of 2018.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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