Plans for Abba museum unveiled in Stockholm

An Abba museum dedicated to the music, clothing and history of the legendary Swedish pop group and its four members will open in Stockholm in 2008, organisers said today.

The interactive museum will feature original outfits and instruments used by the group, a display of different awards, and “all other things we can think of and find,” said Ulf Westman, an event consultant who is spearheading the project with his wife Ewa Wigenheim-Westman.

The museum will also feature a studio where visitors can record their own Abba songs, and an interactive experience that “will recreate the feeling of being at Wembley stadium and seeing ABBA live with 50,000 others,” Westman said.

Organisers are still searching for a suitable location for the museum, but said it will open somewhere in central Stockholm during 2008.

Abba are one of the most successful bands in history, with more than 370 million albums sold.