Published on: 05/09/07
• What: World of Coca-Cola
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| Peter Schelstraete, global marketing director for Coca-Cola, displays a vintage record album cover designed by Andy Warhol for the rock group "Velvet Underground". He will donate the art to the World of Coca-Cola museum. |
• Opens: May 24
• Tickets: $15 adults, $9 children, discounted prices online
• Where: Next to Georgia Aquarium on Centennial Olympic Boulevard
• No. of artifacts: 1,300. Coke expects to change out some of the exhibits from time to time.
• Oldest item: Soda fountain dating to the 1880s.
• Exhibit space: 53,000 square feet, up from 23,000 at former site near Underground Atlanta.
• Visitors expected: 1 million annually, up from 750,000 at old former site.
• Percentage moved from former site: 5 percent
• Thinking green: Coke, using eco-friendly materials, hopes to land a gold LEED certification later this year.
• Special exhibits: 25 to 30 pieces from pop icon Andy Warhol will rotate in "pop culture" room through May 2008.



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