SUMMER DREAMS
From 15, Wax Museum
Has Expanded Roster
To 50 Heroes Of Game
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By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
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are in the place of honor. Sadly, few young fans are aware of “Who’s On First?”
COOPERSTOWN – There’s only one place in the world where you can hang out with Ty Cobb, Derek Jeter, Shoeless Joe, Abbott and Costello and Marilyn Monroe.
The Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum, 99 Main St.
“We are the only baseball-themed wax museum in the world,” owner Perry Ferrara declares.
The museum opened in 1994, the brainchild of Ferrara’s friend Kevin Burch.
“We started with 15,” said the downtown entrepreneur. “But now we have more than 50, and we’ve got 15 more coming, including the cast of ‘The Sandlot’ – including the dog, Hercules!”
The figures are made in China from plaster casts, with glass eyes and real human hair – touched up at the museum by Flawless on Main – to give them a realistic look. “They do really good work,” he said.
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