There is some additional exciting news today for fans of the Harry Potter films, as the Becker Group, along with Warner Brothers Consumer Products are announcing a special traveling Harry Potter exhibition. According to this press release, this will be a “state-of-the-art exhibition highlighting artifacts from the Warner Bros. films based on J.K. Rowling’s beloved book series.” Due to debut in Spring of 2009 “in a major market,” this traveling exhibition will make stops at ten or more cities world-wide over a five year span. While specific ticket information and cities for this exhibition are not yet available on the official HarryPotterExhibition.com website, the press release indicates Harry Potter fans can expect to see quite a bit of items featured in the beloved movies, including “elaborate displays of authentic costumes, props and artifacts” and even “the Gryffindor common room and Hagrid’s hut.” They also indicate items from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films will be added to later stops of the exhibit.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Becker Group to produce this multi-dimensional exhibition dedicated to the iconic Harry Potter film series,” said Brad Globe, president Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “Fans around the world will finally be able to see the incredible craftsmanship and detail that went into creating their favorite props and costumes.”
“Creating this magical tour around such a legendary property is a true milestone for Becker Group, both as a company, and a source of creative entertainment-based attractions,” said Glenn Tilley, president and chief executive officer of Becker Group.”We’ve dedicated ourselves to delivering an exciting experience for visitors that will meet the standards set by the films based on the novels by J.K. Rowling,” added Eddie Newquist, president of Becker Group’s Creative Studio and Exhibits.
It sounds great, but I bet that it want come anywhere near where I live (South Carolina). Its rare that anything I like or am interested in ever does, and no I don’t mean going to North Carolina or even Georgia. We are a state that people don’t tend to think of there being any fans here, oh well. I hope there are at least some good pictures of what I missed.
This will be absolutely awesome! I will definitely be one of the first in line!!!!When the Star Wars exhibit came to town it was incredible. I KNOW that the Harry Potter display will be even better!
The wife and I went to the HP prop museum as part of the Warner Bros studio tour in LA and if this exhibition is half as good as that, it will be superb. The highlight was the ‘frozen’ Hermione from Chamber of Secrets.
Traveling is the American spelling, In the UK travelling is correct. Just one example of many differences in spelling. Not to worry, as long as we aren’t taking spelling tests. We all know what they mean, right?
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I’ve been at such an exhibition last year with my sister. We both took some pictures, so if you’re interested, head over to my sister’s Flickr. Her pics turned out much better than mine and she took a lot more:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaazizzle/sets/72157603351796778/
schneefloeckli, thanks for sharing those pictures. They look great! I have a dream that once they finish the final filming they’ll open Leasden for a short period to the public for tours of the film set and props stored there before removing or destroying them. I don’t suppose I’ll ever get to see these exhibitions in the States.
Okay, a travel(l)ing exhibition sounds fun, but…..
I really wish Warner Brothers would focus their attention on something a teeny bit more immediate, like, oh, I don’t know, GIVING US SOME PICTURES AND INFORMATION FROM HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!!
World-wide? That means I might be able to actually go to it! I loved the Lord of the Rings exhibition at a museum whose name escapes me in London, hopefully the Harry Potter exhibit will be in London as well. If it’s in Edinburgh, I’ll still travel up there lol
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That sounds like a lot of fun!