{"id":25221,"date":"2003-11-10T04:25:17","date_gmt":"2003-11-10T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/11\/10\/rings-exhibition-hits-100000-2\/"},"modified":"2003-11-10T04:25:17","modified_gmt":"2003-11-10T10:25:17","slug":"rings-exhibition-hits-100000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/11\/10\/25221-rings-exhibition-hits-100000-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rings Exhibition Hits 100,000!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy &#8211; The Exhibition, the Science  Museum&#8217;s exhibition exposing the secrets behind the making of the hit film  trilogy, has welcomed its 100,000th visitor &#8211; just seven weeks after opening.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, which contains over 600 props from the films, has attracted fans young and old from all over Europe. Visitors enjoy an up-close-and-personal encounter with props, costumes and  sets from the films before the final instalment of the film trilogy The Return of the King hits UK cinemas on December 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Science Museum is the only European venue to host the priceless exhibits. Visitors also have a chance to see the first two films of the trilogy at the Science Museum&#8217;s cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy &#8211; The Exhibition had already sold more advance tickets than any previous exhibition at the Science Museum. <\/p>\n<p>Opening hours have been extended to cope with demand and although some tickets are available at the door, advanced booking is the only way to guarantee entry.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the Science Museum, Jon Tucker, said: &#8220;We are delighted that the exhibition has been such a hit. We had record numbers of visitors during the half term holidays and our research shows that exhibitions like The  Lord of the Rings are introducing a whole new audience to what the Museum has to offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the advanced filmmaking technology displayed in the exhibition from being copied, the use of cameras and mobile phones is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>The fascinating exhibition includes:    <\/p>\n<p><ul><\/p>\n<li>Demonstrations of special effects, including the combining of &#8216;real&#8217; and &#8216;digital&#8217; action and CGI (computer-generated-image technology).    \n<li>A scaling interactive explaining one way that the filmmakers managed to make characters seem different heights, and which allows visitors to  become Hobbit sized in a scene from The Fellowship of the Ring &#8211; and then  buy a print of themselves.    \n<li>A display on the prosthetics which transformed actors, including  Hobbit hands and feet.    \n<li>Weapons belonging to Arwen, Gandalf, Frodo, and Aragorn.<br \/>Outfits including Arwen&#8217;s riding costume, Galadriel&#8217;s stunning dress and Gandalf&#8217;s robes.<\/ul>\n<p>The exhibition culminates with a face-to-face encounter with the central icon from the films &#8211; The One Ring.  <\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be pre-booked on 0870 906 3890 24 hours (booking fee applies) or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.sciencemuseum.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Science Museum will be running a series events during the  Christmas holidays investigating traditional and state-of-the-art filmmaking techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition 16 September 2003 to 11 January 2004  <br \/>Ticket Prices  Monday &#8211; Friday: Adults &pound;9.95, Children\/Concessions &pound;6.95   <br \/>Saturday &#8211; Sunday: Adults &pound;11.95, Children\/Concessions &pound;8.95   <br \/>Public information and booking line  0870 906 3890 (booking fee applies)  <\/p>\n<p>The Museum has extended the weekend opening hours for this exhibition  <br \/>Friday &#8211; Saturday 10am &#8211; 9pm  Sunday 10am &#8211; 7pm   <br \/>The exhibition will be open Monday &#8211; Thursday 10am &#8211; 6pm    <br \/>For more information and images visit The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy &#8211; The Exhibition  media centre at:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/press\" target=\"_blank\">www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/press<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy &#8211; The Exhibition, the Science Museum&#8217;s exhibition exposing the secrets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-special-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-6yN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}