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Criminals Hall of Fame

Criminals Hall of Fame is an art museum in Ontario, Canada.

About Criminals Hall of Fame

The Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum was a wax museum on 5751 Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. One of many wax museums in the region, it was located at the top of Clifton Hill. The museum featured forty wax statues of notorious criminals, from mobsters to serial killers. The museum was created in 1977 and closed late 2014.

In 2002, columnist Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette characterized the museum as "a cheesy little monument to brutality," while in 2005, the same paper's Dennis Roddy called it "a garish little exhibit." In 2003, the Boston Herald dubbed it "tacky." In 2010, Doug Kirby's roadsideamerica.

Criminals Hall of Fame by the numbers

Founded
1977
Visitors / year
10,000

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Artworks shown from Criminals Hall of Fame are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.