Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
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The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is a museum that deals with the history of tennis and table tennis . The museum is located in Wimbledon (London) in the All England Lawn Tennis Club .
The museum was opened on May 20, 1977. The exhibits show the development of tennis and its various variants since 1555. The Kenneth Ritchie Wimbledon Library houses an extensive collection of literature, magazines and video cassettes about tennis.
One of the highlights of the museum is, for example, the "ghost" of John McEnroe who appears in the changing room he used during his active days.
literature
- Michael Burau: The venerable gentlemen allowed themselves an affair , DTS magazine , 1984/9 pp. 38–39
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Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 5 " N , 0 ° 12 ′ 48" W.