One of the UK’s largest Star Wars toy collections is set to go on display at a Cumbrian museum.
The popular May The Toys Be With You exhibition will open at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven on Saturday April 27.
Vintage Star Wars toys will be on show along with original cinema posters and unpublished artwork from the films.
On opening day the West Cumbria Cosplayers will be at the museum and the 501st Garrison will also visit on Tuesday May 28. Both are cosplay groups so visitors can meet the characters from a galaxy far, far away.
The exhibition is a celebration of how Star Wars merchandising took the world by storm after the first film broke box office records in 1977.
Over 300 million action figures were sold between 1977 and 1985 and many are now both valuable and highly collectable.
Councillor Anne Quilter, Cumberland Council’s executive member for vibrant and healthy places, said: “For little kids and ‘big kids’ alike this is an unmissable opportunity to view many rarely seen Star Wars treasures.
“This exhibition has broken visitor attendance records at a host of museums around the country, and we’re excited for its first ever visit to Cumbria.”
The exhibition is set to run between Saturday 27 April and Saturday 13 July 2024.
