Humankind has long celebrated wax for its myriad uses, such as ripping unwanted hair from bearskin rugs and providing much-needed nourishment in times of dessert famine. Today’s Groupon gives you access to a more visually stimulating use of the malleable substance: for $10, you get a ticket to Madame Tussauds Hollywood, plus a wax mold of your hand, created on site (up to a $37 total value). The ticket is good for adult, child, senior, or student entry (tickets for children age 4 and younger are free).

For more than 200 years, Madame Tussaud and her museums have delighted the masses with impressively detailed and meticulously maintained wax renditions of celebrities, musicians, action figures, and sports stars. Madame Tussaud began crafting wax figures at the tender age of 17 after learning the art from a skilled wax sculptor who hired her mother as a housekeeper. During the French Revolution, she furthered her craft by keeping an eye out for the freshest decapitated heads, which she used to make beautifully detailed death masks. When her mentor died, Madame Tussaud inherited his vast collection of wax figures and opened a London museum in 1835. Today, the Madame Tussaud wax-figure experience is interactive—you can hug them and high-five them—so bring a 20 megapixel digital camera and make a poster of yourself challenging Jackie Chan to a staring contest.

Madame Tussauds Hollywood, which is located next to Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, has a number of stars and characters from the silver screen, including Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Salma Hayek, Clark Gable, and Marlene Dietrich. Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, and Alfred Hitchcock are there too, directing the action. New additions to the collection include Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester from Glee and Disney Channel star Selena Gomez. And if you're thinking about making it a family outing, there are plenty of kid-oriented figures, including Tony Hawk, Lance Armstrong, Shrek, and Snoop Dogg.

The image used above depicts wax figures created and owned by Madame Tussauds. Madame Tussauds reserves the right to remove and/or change figures in the attraction.