Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum — Attraction in Hot Springs

Why two stars? Let me take you on an adventure that lasted 5 minutes.

I wanted adventure, excitement, history, something unique. What I got was a creaky door and a basement of dissapointment. Thankfully...for free.

We were lured in with "Al Capone's tunnel". Intrigued I was to tour a peice of history. I walked in with low expectations. I was greated by the staff. Asked to sign a "Waiver". Now this waiver had no terms or conditions. It was a sheet of paper that I scribbled on while the staff said "Well theres nothing here but if you bump your head we aren't responsible". Knowing that this literally has no legal bearing what so ever, I didnt care. We were led about 20 feet to the men's restroom that had a utility door. The staff member opened the door saying that they will leave it open. Ooohhhhkaaaaay. If you have seen any abduction horror movie- This is how it starts. We walked down a stair case avoiding pipes and low ceilings in to a basement. After about another 20 feet, we were met by a blocked wall.

Expected more? Me too! That was it....No history, no gleamings of knowledge in to the history of this most likely made up basment door, nothing. Two stars because it was free. Thinking this was the height of entertainment from this establishment, I left. Don't spebd your time here. Go down the street to the gangster museum which is informative entertaining...

If you’re looking to laugh until you’re crying I suggest going through here with some friends. If you’re looking for a quality wax museum with figures that resemble the people they’re meant to look like, this is not the place for you my friend. The figures range from bad representations to downright unnerving. The figure of Martin Luther King Jr. is honestly offensive it looks so unlike him. The owners also own the duck tours, the 4D ride, and the winery downtown, and this business is just as half-arsed as those are. The ceiling was in bad shape, the wax figures’ clothes were dusty and dirty, and as another reviewer pointed out, Pinocchio’s head was held on with a bunch of tape. Not to mention the young man at the front desk was so devoid of life and not friendly in the slightest (though I can’t blame him considering the state of the building he’s working in). Overpriced and seriously so dirty, so unkept, and so CHEAP looking. Like I said, if you’re looking for a good laugh $11 isn’t horrible, but if you’re a tourist in HS looking for things to do, steer clear of this place (along with any other poorly run tourist traps these people own). There are plenty of things worth doing in this little town— this is not one of them. Attached are pictures that are still making me...

My husband,10 year old daughter and I went to visit the wax museum about 2 weekends ago. We were greeted by a very nice worker named “Trish” she was very friendly and very informative and told my husband lots of historical things about the place. She also gave us a printed paper that we could read about the different pieces of the museum. My family and I have now been 3x and I felt like it didn’t have a whole lot of improvements to the building but that’s to be expected as their trying to keep up the “history” in it I assume. I do wish they had better lighting as some corners and entries to rooms are dark. The wax figures are very well detailed and are an enjoyment to look at and picture what the older days of the past looked like. When we came out we were told we could do a “free” wine tasting but we chose not to as their res crowd for that and also we had our child with us who was ready to go explore more...