Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum - St. Augustine, FL
N 29° 53.961 W 081° 18.820
17R E 469716 N 3307673
The original oddball Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum is located in historic St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WM2V9Z
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2007
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum offers more than 800 exhibits. You'll laugh one moment and gasp the next! You will be amazed and wonder why ... is it real or is it a fake? See the unusual, the unorthodox, and the exotic, collected from the far corners of the world.
In the first half of the 20th Century, Robert Ripley was one of the most famous people in the world. His Believe it or Not! cartoon featured tales that were too incredible to believe, but he claimed they were all true. Ripley's notoriety was so widespread that his fame has carried into the 21st Century, more than 50 years after his death. Ripley's Believe It or Not! continues to be a tremendously popular newspaper and magazine feature and the spin-off television program, videos, and numerous books are as popular as the 29 Ripley Believe It or Not! Museums around the world.
The St. Augustine Ripley's is located in Castle Warden, an historic Moorish Revival style mansion built in 1887. Built as a winter home for Millionaire William Warden, Castle Warden later served as a fashionable hotel owned by Norton Baskin and his wife, Pulitzer prize-winning novelist, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling, Cross Creek, and South Moon Under. Since 1950, the building has been the original permanent location of Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum.
Days and Hours of Operation:
Sun-Thu: 9am-7pm
Fri-Sat: 9am-8pm
Address:
19 San Marco Avenue
St. Augustine, FL USA
32084
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 15.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
The unusual, the unorthodox, and the exotic, collected from the far corners of the world.
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