A new waxworks, Grévin Museum, is expected to open in downtown Montreal, Canada, on the top floor of the Eaton Centre in early 2013, reports Radio-Canada.
The Montreal museum will be the first of its kind outside of France. The company is investing about $13 million to expand its brand overseas.
Visitors will be able to admire more than 120 wax mannequins, from a company that got its start in 1882 in France.
One of the oldest wax museums in Europe, the original Grévin Museum contains 300 characters arranged in scenes from French history and modern life, including bloody scenes from the French revolution, as well as international figures, movie stars and athletes.
In an era before newspaper photography, wax mannequins allowed visitors to put a face to the names in the news.
Canadians immortalized by the Grévin Museum in Paris include singers Celine Dion and Roch Voisine.