Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum to close in Atlantic City


              A statue of Capt. Jack Sparrow made out of recycled auto parts is displayed at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum  in Atlantic City,  N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the museum announced it would shut down on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              A recreation of Lady Raleigh with the embalmed head of her husband Sir Walter Raleigh after his execution in 1618 is displayed at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum  in Atlantic City,  N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the museum announced it would shut down on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              An image of actress Julia Roberts made out of M&M candies is displayed at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              An image of a roulette table made out of jelly beans is displayed at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              Chris Connelly, manager of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., stands next to what the attraction bills as the world's smallest production car  on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              The exterior of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            
              The exterior of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
            A photo showing what the museum says are strands of hair from each of the Beatles is displayed at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Items are displayed in the lobby at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, hours after the oddity attraction announced it would close on Dec. 31 after more than 26 years of entertaining Boardwalk patrons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)