The Shining Hotel May Create Horror Museum
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is well known for serving as the inspiration for Stephen King’s classic horror novel The Shining. Now the hotel may add museum to its list of attractions.
The hotel has announced plans to build a horror museum on the premise. It would include the museum, traveling exhibits, an auditorium, a sound stage, and post-production and editing spaces. The founding board for the museum includes celebrities Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead).
According to the LA Times, in order to move forward with the museum, Colorado must grant the hotel $11.5 million from tourism funds to help create the facility. They anticipate that it would cost $24 million to house the horror attraction. The museum would operate as a nonprofit public-private partnership.
King was inspired by the Stanley Hotel while staying there in 1974, in room 217. The novel and film adaptation helped transform the hotel into a tourist destination for horror fans. It currently gives tours, hosts workshops for horror writers, and a horror film festival.
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The Shining Hotel May Create Horror Museum
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is well known for serving as the inspiration for Stephen King’s classic horror novel The Shining. Now the hotel may add museum to its list of attractions.
The hotel has announced plans to build a horror museum on the premise. It would include the museum, traveling exhibits, an auditorium, a sound stage, and post-production and editing spaces. The founding board for the museum includes celebrities Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead).
According to the LA Times, in order to move forward with the museum, Colorado must grant the hotel $11.5 million from tourism funds to help create the facility. They anticipate that it would cost $24 million to house the horror attraction. The museum would operate as a nonprofit public-private partnership.
King was inspired by the Stanley Hotel while staying there in 1974, in room 217. The novel and film adaptation helped transform the hotel into a tourist destination for horror fans. It currently gives tours, hosts workshops for horror writers, and a horror film festival.







