Report: Night at the Wax Museum

To mark the DVD and Blu-ray debut of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Fox hosted an overnight press event at Madame Tussauds New York. It wasn't the Smithsonian or the nearby Museum of Natural History, but the Times Square wax museum was nonetheless a relevant locale for what sounds like it was a fun fifteen hours. Fifty local children and a number of media outlets brought sleeping bags and slept among lifelike wax statues of such world leaders as Mahatma Gandhi, Pope John Paul II, and Nelson Mandela.

Guests learned about how wax figures are created, enjoyed a scavenger hunt, and made an interesting souvenir -- a wax sculpture of their hands. In the morning, actress Mizuo Peck (Sacajawea in the NATM films) and Crystal the Capuchin Monkey who plays Dexter showed up as three relevant new wax likenesses were unveiled: Amelia Earhart, Napoleon Bonaparte, Albert Einstein, and President Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, we were unable to attend this event as planned, but we're happy to share these photographs provided to us:

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