The new Madame Tussauds location in DC can't be doing very well, judging by the absence of customers. Unlike the International Spy Museum , there are never any tourists lined up outside. I walk by both facilities on F Street NW every day, and the contrast is striking. By all accounts, Madame Tussauds is a smallish, low-key affair in a tastefully restored historic building. It blends in all too well with official Washington. Even the Marion Barry figure is supposed to be blandly posed and attired... read more
