You’ll have to see it to believe it
Call all your friends and let them know, Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Is coming to Pretoria.
The Grove mall will be soon turned into a world of oddities with more than 100 items on show from the Ripley’s collection.
Ripley’s will be bringing its brand back to South Africa and its people in the form of a travelling show at malls across the country. “Items on show would include five original pen and ink cartoon panels, drawn by Ripley on location in Africa, in the 1930’s,” said Edward Meyer, vice president archives and exhibits, Ripley Entertainment Inc.
The Ripley collection represents over 95 years of collecting by Robert Ripley and his corporate heirs, and some of the most incredible artefacts from all over the world will be on display at The Grove mall from 31 July to 23 August.
Among Ripley’s most exotic treasures are fascinating cultural artefacts acquired in the primitive outposts of civilisation, rare objects like decorated cannibal skulls and shrunken heads.
Some of the world’s most interesting and odd people, including the ‘Mexican vampire woman’ will also make their appearance.
The collection covers everything from history to zoology, geography to art, sports to politics, celebrities to dinosaurs and even outer space.
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