- published: 07 May 2013
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ABBA the Museum is the planned official museum of the Swedish pop group ABBA, located in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is currently under construction with an original scheduled opening of spring 2009 that has been delayed to 2010.
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. 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 11, 2006.
On May 22, 2007, 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. Four months later, in September, architects Peter Ullstad and Patrick Rehnberg were chosen to design the attraction.
ABBA the Museum was previously expected to open June 3, 2009, with tickets on sale as of March 2008. The founders estimate that once the museum opens its doors, it will attract half a million visitors per year.