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Whether you’ve already
been through GEM or you’re just beginning to plan your trip to see us, I
hope you will enjoy your visit, explore the history represented in our
halls, and let your own imagination run wild.
Plan a visit
Tours
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DECEMBER
12/20/2007 - 05/31/2008
Scrooged!
Celebrate the legacy of the “Good Duck Artist,” Carl Barks
(1901-2000), through a unique exhibition of original oil
paintings, artwork and other memorabilia starring the likes of
Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and the rest of their
orange-billed family.
Festival of Maps
March 16 to June 8
From the birth of our nation to the present day, Geppi’s
Entertainment Museum is a three-dimensional map of American pop
culture that takes you on a journey through over 250 years of
entertainment memorabilia. See the history of comic characters,
film, radio, television and much more come alive.
OUT OF THE BOX
June 14-December 7
Get hands-on with pop culture at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum! Take an up-close
look at the characters that are popular today with toys that you can actually
touch and play with in our Special Edition gallery. The future of pop culture
collecting is out of the box and in your hands at GEM!
50 Fashionable Years
Dec 20-May 31, 2009
Since her debut in a plain black-and-white swimsuit in 1959,
Barbie has been a symbol of America’s changing and sometimes
controversial perception of the role of women in our society.
GEM looks at a half-century of dream houses, sports cars,
shifting fashions and hairstyles, and how Barbara Millicent
Roberts has changed the face of pop culture.
70 Years of
Yellow Bricks and Emerald Cities
June 13-Dec 6, 2009
Take a nostalgic stroll down the yellow brick road to celebrate
the 70th anniversary of MGM’s lavish family classic, the 1939
adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy
Garland. Explore the legacy of the film, the books from which it
came and the merchandise that it inspired. This summer, there’s
no place like GEM!
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