Kickstarter to save Dorothy’s ruby slippers launched

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has launched a Kickstarter campaign to save Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.

The shoes that Judy Garland wore are nearly 80-years-old and the museum is aiming to raise $300,000 to repair them.

The museum has said: "They need immediate conservation care and a new, state-of-the-art display case, in order to slow their deterioration and protect them from environmental harm."