Museo de Cera

The Museo de Cera (Wax Museum) in Mexico City portrays some of Sesame Street's most recognizable characters, as well as Lola from Plaza Sésamo in their permanent exhibition. All the characters are placed in a set which resembles Plaza Sésamo's environment.

Characters in the exhibit

• Elmo
• Bert and Ernie
• Cookie Monster
• Lola

Building

Each figure weighs 30 kilos (66 pounds), has an average height of 120 centimeters (47 inches) and was modeled within a time period of 4 months -- the same amount of time that takes to model a human figure. Clay models were built at first, which were later approved and authorized by Sesame Workshop.

Gallery

Mariana Sánchez Williams and Lola

From left to right: Mauricio Rabner (Museo de Cera director), Sesame Workshop representative in Mexico, Fundación Metlife representative, Mariana Sánchez Williams (Plaza Sésamo actress) and Elmo

External links

• Museo de Cera
• Esto - Plaza Sésamo, inmortalizada
• Milenio - Nuevos inquilinos en el Museo de Cera del DF
• Video from mexican news agency Notimex about the wax figures and the "Hábitos Saludables" initiative