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145 Jefferson Street
San Francisco
California 94133

Phone: (415) 202 0400
Toll-Free: 800 439 4305

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Let the Magic of Wax Artistry Transport You Through Time!



 
 
   

 
 
   







The Wax Museum


Your Encounter

Ancient Mysteries and Modern Icons

The Wax Museum in the heart of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is home to over 250 internationaly personalities. A millennium of history is represented in fabulous scenes from the birth of Christ through the most dramatic milestones in man's history.

As one of the world's largest wax museums, this San Francisco attraction endeavors to show life in all its aspects from A to Z - Artists to Zombies! Guest are inspired by the Last Supper in the Hall of Religions and Horrified by the chilling Chamber of Horrors. Our venue offers the worlds only wax tableaux of King Tut's Magnificent Tomb and the Palace of Living Arts, where history's most famous masters, as well as their masterpieces, come to life. As always, the incumbent President occupies his rightful place among the World Leaders, a few steps away from his illustrious Predecessors in the Presidential Library.

The Wax Museum Building

The design of the New Wax Museum building was inspired by traditional San Francisco architecture, and features spectacular domes, ornate bay windows, ornamental metalwork and complex roof lines, all enhanced by the artistic use of brick, stucco, metal and glass to lend a fresh, new appeal to the much beloved unique San Francisco style.