LONDON - STUCK in Britain on Inauguration Day? Madame Tussauds, the London waxwork museum, is offering US tourists the chance to see their new president up close for free.
The attraction says it's offering free entry to any visitor able to prove they're a US citizen - a passport or driver's license will do. The offer is intended to celebrate the inauguration of the museum's new attraction - a Barack Obama waxwork - on Jan 20.
Sculptors are still adding the finishing touches, but the museum said on Wednesday that Mr Obama would be shown in an informal and relaxed pose, smiling with arms casually folded amid a reproduction of the White House Oval Office.
Museum spokesman Liz Edwards said 'it's such a poignant moment in American history.'
She declined to say how many people she thought would show up for the free viewing. The museum typically charges 25 pounds (S$55.90) at the door. -- AP
