Ripley's Believe It or Not! London
Wednesday May 14, 2008
September 2008 update:
See the Ripley's Believe It or Not Visitor Info and Review.
I told you back in February about Ripley's Believe It or Not!® coming to the Trocadero in London and now I've got more news about what to expect. This quirky museum of the weird, strange and bizarre will open this August. Bringing a host of peculiar and wonderful exhibits never before seen in the UK, the museum of oddities will occupy 24,000 square feet and is set to become one of London's major tourist destinations and a top family attraction.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum will offer a unique mixture of entertainment, education and fun for the entire family - appealing to anyone with a basic sense of curiosity. Guests of all ages will appreciate the 500-plus authentic, original and unbelievable exhibits. From a two-headed calf to a 3,000 pound piece of the Berlin Wall, a Swarovski-Covered Crystal Mini Cooper worth £500,000 (see pic) and three human shrunken heads from Ecuador, the new attraction will feature exhibits so bizarre it will leave visitors wondering if something so outlandish could really be true.
Additional strange items on display include a portrait of Lady Diana made of laundry lint from a clothes dryer, a copy of The Last Supper painted on a grain of rice, the famous sweater worn by Marilyn Monroe during her last photo shoot on the beaches of Malibu, a mummified man, and a genuine moon rock. Robert Ripley, the globetrotting creator of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918, displayed his first collection of oddities at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, filling the exhibition hall with hundreds of genuine artefacts he had gathered from his travels to more than 200 countries. Today, his exotic treasures can be seen in 30 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museums worldwide.
See the Ripley's Believe It or Not Visitor Info and Review.
I told you back in February about Ripley's Believe It or Not!® coming to the Trocadero in London and now I've got more news about what to expect. This quirky museum of the weird, strange and bizarre will open this August. Bringing a host of peculiar and wonderful exhibits never before seen in the UK, the museum of oddities will occupy 24,000 square feet and is set to become one of London's major tourist destinations and a top family attraction.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum will offer a unique mixture of entertainment, education and fun for the entire family - appealing to anyone with a basic sense of curiosity. Guests of all ages will appreciate the 500-plus authentic, original and unbelievable exhibits. From a two-headed calf to a 3,000 pound piece of the Berlin Wall, a Swarovski-Covered Crystal Mini Cooper worth £500,000 (see pic) and three human shrunken heads from Ecuador, the new attraction will feature exhibits so bizarre it will leave visitors wondering if something so outlandish could really be true.
Additional strange items on display include a portrait of Lady Diana made of laundry lint from a clothes dryer, a copy of The Last Supper painted on a grain of rice, the famous sweater worn by Marilyn Monroe during her last photo shoot on the beaches of Malibu, a mummified man, and a genuine moon rock. Robert Ripley, the globetrotting creator of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918, displayed his first collection of oddities at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, filling the exhibition hall with hundreds of genuine artefacts he had gathered from his travels to more than 200 countries. Today, his exotic treasures can be seen in 30 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museums worldwide.
- For more information visit: www.ripleyslondon.com or call 020 3238 0022.
- Tracadero info
- Image: © Ripley's Believe It or Not!
i love the Believe It or Not! museum its grat xxxx