ANTOSIS actively supports cultural and social events.

In its effort is supporting the first exhibition of Russian Wax Art.

The exhibition is hosted in celebration of the 300 years from the foundation of the city of St Petersburg, by Peter the Great.

It consists by wax made figures from the collection of St Petersburg's Wax Museum. The figures are of similar technique with the ones at the Madame Tissauld Museum and reflecting characters and situations from the Russian history and culture



The History of Travelling Wax Exhibitions
of waxworks with the mechanical motions were shown in Europe in the eighteenth century. An exhibition of human-sized wax figures was displayed by the Swiss Philippe Curtius in Paris, at the Palais Royal, in 1770. Within a matter of weeks it turned extremely popular, not only among the Parisians but also the foreigners. Before long, another exhibition, representing "all the kings of Europe and the Emperor of China," was opened on a Parisian avenue. Later Curtius began to send travelling exhibitions from Paris in other cities and countries.
The famous Marie Tussaud inherited her museum of wax figures from Philippe Curtius (he was her uncle); that is the most famous permanent exhibition of waxworks in the world.