ABBA: The Museum

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ABBA the Museum under construction in Stockholm, February 2013.

ABBA The Museum is an interactive exhibition about the pop-group ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013.[1] ABBA's collected works are showcased in a contemporary, interactive setting at Swedish Music Hall of Fame, a new exhibit venue located at Djurgården, Stockholm.

ABBA: The Museum is, despite its name, not a museum because it has no collections, does not conduct research and is for-profit.[2] It is not a member of either Swedish ICOM[3] or Riksförbundet Sveriges museer.[4]

History

The plans for ABBA the Museum launched by Ewa Wigenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman November 28th 2006.

Plans for a dedicated to an ABBA exhibition in Stockholm, inspired by the Beatles museum in Liverpool, England, were first announced by founders Ulf Westman and Ewa Wigenheim-Westman in 2006. The exhibition was expected to open in 2008. Organizers estimated it would draw half a million visitors annually.[5] The exhibition was to be located in the former main customs building in Stockholm harbor. After several years of financial issues the project was abandoned in 2009, and the building was instead set to hold a new contemporary photography exhibition, called Fotografiska.[6]

New plans for a permanent ABBA exhibition were announced on October 3, 2012. The exhibition in Stockholm, called "ABBA The Museum", is the permanent home for the traveling ABBAWORLD exhibit that toured Europe and Australia in 2009-2011, and houses stage costumes donated by the band members. There are also several interactive audio and video stations that allow visitors to perform the band's music. The exhibition is located in a building near the Gröna Lund theme park on the island of Djurgården.[1]

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "ABBA Museum to Open in Sweden". The New York Times. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Sara Kristoffersson in "Kulturnyheterna" (at 2 min 30 sek) 18.10 Sveriges Television den 28 juni 2016.
  3. ↑ "Institutionella medlemmar", icomsweden.se. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Medlemsförteckning", sverigesmuseer.se. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "See that girl, watch that scene at the ABBA museum". CBC News. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  6. ↑ LaBarre, Suzanne. "ABBA Fans Shed a Tear for Stockholm's New Photography Museum". Fast Company. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

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