ABBA the Museum is the exhibition, which opened in Stockholm in may 2013 in the building next to the theme Park gröna Lund on djurgården island. Here the work of world-famous group is demonstrated in modern interactive way. Museum visitors can not only feel like "Queens and kings of the dance", but also to record in their own Studio performance of songs of the group ABBA. And one of the halls even creates the illusion of your presence at the concert, held at Wembley stadium, among other 50 000 fans.
The idea of creating the Museum, which was announced in 2006, is owned by Eva Wagenheim-Westman and Ulf Westman, which was inspired by the Beatles Museum in Liverpool. The opening should take place in 2008, and according to the organisers, the Museum was expected to attract up to half a million visitors a year. According to the original plan, the Museum was to be located in the former customs building in the Stockholm harbour, but after several years of financial problems, the project was abandoned in 2009, and the building was transformed into a new contemporary Museum of photography.
On the resumption of plans to create the Museum ABBA was announced on 3 October 2012. According to Ulf Westman, it took them two years to convince the four members of Swedish pop group that the creation Museum is a good idea.
ABBA is one of the most commercially successful pop groups of the 1970-ies. Established in 1966, the group gained international fame in 1974 after winning the Eurovision song contest in Waterloo. In their repertoire there are more than a dozen hits known around the world, such as SOS, Dancing Queen and Knowing Me, Knowing You. The group experienced a new burst of popularity in connection with the release in 1999 of the musical Mamma Mia, based entirely on their songs.
The most valuable exhibits are the original outfits and instruments, handwritten lyrics, awards and other personal items that the band gave to the Museum.
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