Ripley's chain is owned by Vancouverite, Jim Patterson, but is operated from
Orlando, Florida.

There are something like 25 in North America with others around the world. The
chain includes some Tussad's(louis- I think) Museums and other sites.

I've just visited one in San Antonio, Texas, across the road from the Alamo.
And of course, Niagara Falls has been there for some years.

Lynne Teather,
Assoc. Prof.
Museum Studies Program,
Toronto.
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James Tichgelaar wrote:

> STUD David Andrews mused:
> >         Whatever happened to the "Ripley's" entrepreneurial chain?  Surely
> > has some thesis value in the history of museums as entertainment.
> > Theories or nostalgia, baby-boomers?
> >         --David Andrews, Duquesne University
>
> There is still a Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum on the Oregon coast
> at Newport.  I haven't been in, but I just checked the yellow pages, and
> its still listed.  Believe it or not.
>
> James H Tichgelaar
> Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum