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A 40-foot-long, 33,000-pound King Kong statue -- nicknamed 'The Great Ape of Myrtle Beach' -- was installed by crane in May 2014 atop a mock cityscape outside the Hollywood Wax Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, perched over a scaled-down replica of the Empire State Building as a tribute to the 1933 film 'King Kong.' The museum opened to the public the following month.
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King Kong at Hollywood Wax Museum
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Approximate location · 33.717° N, 78.882° W
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A freestanding giant statue outside a working wax museum attraction; freely viewable from the street.
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Ordinary public roadside viewing outside the Hollywood Wax Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC.
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