ABBA the Museum

ABBA the Museum is the official museum of the Swedish pop group ABBA, located in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is currently under construction and scheduled to open in spring 2009.

History

Ewa Wigenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman, the two entrepreneurs behind the museum, were inspired to create an ABBA-themed museum after visiting the Beatles museum in Liverpool, England. [cite web
title=See that girl, watch that scene at the ABBA museum
authorlink=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/11/28/abba-museum.html
accessdate=2007-10-02] It took the pair two years to convince the members of ABBA that creating a museum would be a good idea.

The couple announced their plans for the museum on November 112006.

On May 222007, the founders announced the official site has been chosen for the museum. The 6,500-square-metre museum will be located in a renovated warehouse on the south quay of central Stockholm, walking distance across from the Gröna Lund amusement park. [cite web
url=http://www.abbathemuseum.com/upload_dokuments/Basic-facts-ABBA-the-Museum_070522-eng.doc
title=Basic Facts - ABBA the Museum
accessdate=2007-10-23] Four months later, in September, architects Peter Ullstad and Patrick Rehnberg were chosen to design the attraction.

ABBA the Museum is expected to open June 3, 2009, with tickets on sale as of March 2008. [cite web
url=http://www.abbathemuseum.com/index2.php?pageid=5&NewsID=36&nav=PRESS&nav2=4&w=1&lang=_en&Press=Visa
title=3 – 7 June 2009 Stockholm’s new world attraction opens!
accessdate=2007-12-05] The founders estimate that once the museum opens its doors, it will attract half a million visitors per year. [cite web
url=http://www.abbathemuseum.com/upload_dokuments/Basic-facts-ABBA-the-Museum_070522-eng.doc
title=Basic Facts - ABBA the Museum
accessdate=2007-10-23]

Museum experience

The museum will house artifacts pertaining to the group such as their clothes, instruments, gold records [cite web
title=See that girl, watch that scene at the ABBA museum
authorlink=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/11/28/abba-museum.html
accessdate=2007-10-02] [ cite web
title=Björn and Benny without gold records!
authorlink=Abba the Museum
url= http://www.abbathemuseum.com/index2.php?pageid=3&NewsID=28&nav=NEWS&w=1&lang=_en&Nyhet=Visa
accessdate=2007-11-12] , as well as a café and the largest ABBA shop in the world.

ABBA the Museum will make use of the latest interactive technology, which will allow visitors of all ages to relive the group's history and to also sing and dance along with ABBA music. [cite web
title=ABBA the Museum, About ABBA the Museum
work=abbathemuseum.com
url=http://www.abbathemuseum.com/index2.php?nav=ABOUT%20ABBA%20THE%20MUSEUM&pageid=2&w=1&lang=_en
accessdate=2007-10-02] Upon entering the museum, visitors will follow ABBA history in a linear manner, starting with the members' individual careers and ending with their break-up in 1983. [cite web
url=http://www.abbathemuseum.com/index2.php?pageid=5&NewsID=36&nav=PRESS&nav2=4&w=1&lang=_en&Press=Visa
title=3 – 7 June 2009 Stockholm’s new world attraction opens!
accessdate=2007-12-05] ABBA themselves have said jointly they feel the site "will be a fun and swinging museum to visit."cite web
title=ABBA: The Museum
work=usatoday.com
url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2006/11/abba_the_museum.html
accessdate=2007-10-02]

External links

* [http://www.abbathemuseum.com/ ABBA the Museum]

References