The Ballon dOr enters the Musée Grévin

Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM

Of course, it won’t be the original, as is the case with any representation of the World Cup (for example) around the world.

The general director of the famous museum in the ninth arrondissement of Paris, equivalent to Madame Tussaud in London, which houses the greatest personalities in the world in their wax doubles, does not hesitate to compare the ultimate individual football award to “the real bathtub in which Marat was assassinated”, or even “the door of the Conciergerie behind which Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned.” These are two of the historical and most iconic objects of the capital’s establishment…

Delhommeau: “We had to put it under glass, but we decided that people should be able to touch it”

Yves Delhommeau was immediately “enthusiastic” when our colleagues from L’Equipe and the Ballon d’Or leaders approached him, first submitting the idea: “His image has become so strong. Welcoming this object that unfortunately cannot be touched or seen anywhere, and precisely offering it a place to do so, it was really like welcoming a personality at the Grevin Museum. We had to put it under glass, but we decided with L’Equipe that people should be able to touch it and pose with it. But it will be under surveillance and there will be an agent permanently by its side…”

As well as Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, just that, in a space now stamped with the Ballon d’Or. The three global stars were already present in their statue form, just like Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, or Pelé, who did not have the honor of being part of the collection. Even though Pelé would have certainly won a lot if the competition had been open to South American players at the time… As for Kylian Mbappé, he can still hope to achieve it one day. And officially be affiliated, in his turn, to the Ballon d’Or space of the Grevin Museum.