You spot it from the Parkway: the Hollywood Mount Rushmore — John Wayne, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin — with King Kong gripping a plane on the roof. Inside is the new-model wax museum: some 100 life-size figures staged not behind plastic but for selfies, a point The Carpetbagger's 2020 tour explains before it walks the rooms. Note this is the PIGEON FORGE museum; the same brand's other cities are different buildings with different figures.

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Hollywood Wax Museum - Pigeon Forge, TN

The Carpetbagger's 2020 tour explains the new-model wax museum — no tableaus behind plastic, but figures staged for selfies — under the building's Hollywood Mount Rushmore (John Wayne, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin) and its plane-grabbing King Kong.

Key takeaways
  • Figures are staged for selfies, not behind plastic
  • Outdoor 'Hollywood Rushmore': Wayne, Elvis, Marilyn, Chaplin
  • King Kong grips a plane on the roof

Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN - NEW Figures and Displays

The Carpetbagger returns in 2023 after years away to audit what's new: fresh figures and displays, maintenance underway on the outdoor Rushmore (Marilyn getting a nose job), and the building's earlier lives before the wax moved in.

Key takeaways
  • 2023 audit of new figures and displays
  • The outdoor Rushmore gets live maintenance on camera
  • The building held other attractions before the wax

Inside Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge Tennessee Review What's New 2022 Goofing Around

Yankee in the South goof through the museum in 2022 ahead of an incoming storm, checking what changed since their last visit and noting the Castle of Chaos next door, with King Kong on the roof as the Parkway landmark he is.

Key takeaways
  • Castle of Chaos is the next-door sister attraction
  • Kong on the roof is a Parkway landmark
  • A what's-changed revisit, filmed hours before a storm

The what's-changed audits

The Carpetbagger returns in 2023 after years away to audit what's new — fresh figures and displays, live maintenance on the outdoor Rushmore (Marilyn getting a nose job) — and Yankee in the South's 2022 revisit, filmed hours before an incoming storm, does the same check against their last visit, noting the Castle of Chaos next door, the museum's sister attraction.

First-timers and families

A Chicagoland host filming in Tennessee for the first time compares the house against his Dallas Madame Tussauds visit on camera. The family films run on reactions — the Titanic door debate at the Jack and Rose figures is this museum's signature argument, and it happens in the Smoky Mountain Family visit here.

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Hollywood Wax Museum - Pigeon Forge Anniversary Trip - Family Adventures

Just a Dream Away's anniversary-trip walk through the Hollywood Wax Museum's figure rooms. No usable caption track exists for this film, so it is cataloged as watch content.

HOLLYWOOD WAX MUSEUM Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Smoky Mountain Family's first visit runs on reactions — the Titanic door debate at the Jack and Rose figures, Django, and a height check against Kevin Hart. Mostly music and in-the-moment audio rather than narration, so it is cataloged as watch content.

Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee! A-List Movie and Music Statues Made of Wax

Mike Alan from Chicagoland films in Tennessee for the first time at the Hollywood Wax Museum: the Rushmore of Hollywood and Kong with his propeller plane outside, then the A-list movie and music figures inside, compared against his Dallas Madame Tussauds visit.

Key takeaways
  • Kong outside holds a propeller plane, 1930s-style
  • A first-timer's Tennessee filming stop
  • Compared on camera with Madame Tussauds Dallas

The fast spin

The 2026 full-tour film at the end moves quickly past all 100 figures to music — cataloged honestly as watch content. Between the audits and the spins, the page shows the museum as it stood in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2026; wax museums change figures the way the Parkway changes tenants, and the dates on these films are the point.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page, filmed at the Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge between 2020 and 2026.

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Pigeon Forge Hollywood wax museum

Exploring with Jeep Girl's spin through the Pigeon Forge Hollywood Wax Museum's celebrity figures. No usable caption track exists for this film, so it is cataloged as watch content.

Pigeon Forge, TN - Hollywood Wax Museum

Open Road Adventures with Kim tour the Pigeon Forge Hollywood Wax Museum. No usable caption track exists for this film, so it is cataloged as watch content.

HOLLYWOOD WAX MUSEUM FULL TOUR 100 Life-size Celebrities in Pigeon Forge TN!

ATJHTRAVELS' fast 2026 spin past the museum's 100 life-size celebrity figures. Music-led with almost no narration, so it is cataloged as watch content.

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