The band ABBA will have their very own museum, called ABBA The Museum, in Stockholm opening on May 7. The popular band whose heyday was in the 1970s, sang songs such as "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen."
"Next year marks the 40th anniversary of ABBA's break as winners in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974 with the song 'Waterloo,'" says Mattias Hansson, CEO of ABBA The Museum told CNN. "And time has shown that ABBA songs probably will live on forever."
The museum allows fans to take a tour through ABBA's career.
Hanson said on the museum's website, "We want to be available to everybody, from our very first opening day. Since a lot of music lovers and ABBA fans live outside of Sweden, we want to offer them a chance to get tickets beforehand order to guarantee a unique first time visit."
Exhibits explore the four Swedish artists journey to becoming one of the most successful groups in the world and their breakup in 1983.
The exhibit is curated by Ingmarie Halling, who is the band's former stylist and it took two years to put the exhibit together, reported CNN.
"We are working with settings from the life of ABBA so (almost) everything has a place," said Halling to CNN. "Obviously, I have a lot of items that won't go in now, but I might use them for other small exhibits, like one about scriptwriting, where I can use all of Björn's old scripts and notes."
Included in the exhibit are audio guides that feature each of the members telling their own stories. There will also be a number of items they wore on stage on exhibit and a 180-degree cinema and a studio where visitors can mix their own music.
Halling also curated ABBA exhibits in the past including 2010's ABBA World in London.
Halling explained to CNN that ABBA is popular with all ages.
"They come as families because mum and dad were old ABBA fans from younger days, granny was a grownup at the time and loved the music and the children love "Mamma Mia!" the musical and the film," said Halling.
ABBA's "Dancing Queen":
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