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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Sherwood

Dolled up: Design Museum to host Barbie exhibition next year

The first Barbie doll from 1959.
Toy story: the first Barbie Doll was created by US businesswoman Ruth Handler in 1959. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

If this summer’s blockbuster movie has left you longing for more Barbie in your life, help is at hand. An exhibition on the history of the world-famous long-legged doll is to open at the Design Museum in London next year.

The museum says it has been granted special access to the Barbie archives in California, and dozens of rare and unique items will be displayed to tell the story of the brand over the course of 65 years.

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