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The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead (formerly Monroeville Zombies). Help fund our new zombie museum in the home of "Night of the Living Dead" and get exclusive zombie stuff.

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The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead Museum & Giftshop

The Living Dead (formerly Monroeville Zombies). Help fund our new zombie museum in the home of "Night of the Living Dead" and get exclusive zombie stuff.

The Living Dead (formerly Monroeville Zombies). Help fund our new zombie museum in the home of "Night of the Living Dead" and get exclusive zombie stuff.

The Living Dead (formerly Monroeville Zombies). Help fund our new zombie museum in the home of "Night of the Living Dead" and get exclusive zombie stuff.

The Living Dead (formerly Monroeville Zombies). Help fund our new zombie museum in the home of "Night of the Living Dead" and get exclusive zombie stuff.

Kevin Kriess
Kevin Kriess
Kevin Kriess
Kevin Kriess
3 Campaigns |
Evans City, United States
$2,779 USD 61 backers
27% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Zombies! Yes, Zombies!

They are the subjects of today's most popular TV shows, movies, video games and comics. How did this come to be? Where and when did it all begin? These fictional living dead creatures that consume human flesh are well known archetypes today, but their history only dates back about 45 years to Evans City, PA (Pittsburgh area) where George A. Romero filmed the 1968 independent film, Night of the Living Dead. That film not only changed the face of horror, but influenced pop-culture in general giving us a new type of monster that would appear in music videos, cartoons, books, movies, video games and more.

Dawn of the Zombie Museum

In October 2008, we opened the world's first zombie museum, “Monroeville Zombies” in Pittsburgh's Monroeville Mall, the main filming location of Romero's second zombie film, the 1978 “Dawn of the Dead”. There we began to show fans and customers the history and role these films had in changing and defining zombies in pop-culture. Our goal was to celebrate Pittsburgh's role in this area and create a hub for tourists and fans who want to visit the original filming locations of these films. Along the way we had zombie themed events for fans to socialize and meet others who share interests. Our journey was not obsticle free, however. Many of the plans we had for our space and other zombie social events in the mall never came to fruition due to mall management's ever changing rules and regulations. In April 2013, we lost our lease in the Monroeville Mall due to mall management's change in direction of the future leasing plan for the mall.

Zombies Come Back! – and so do we!

In late August 2013, we will come back, as “The Living Dead - Museum and Giftshop” in the home of the living dead, Evans City, PA, the main filming location of “Night of the Living Dead”, the 1968 film that started it all. The world's first and only zombie museum belongs in the world's true origin of the zombie. Here in our new facility we can expand and offer all the zombie history, museum exhibits, film location tours, social events such as zombie walks, and a larger giftshop full of collectibles and souveniors.

Zombies need flesh! - we need funding!

Zombies seem to have no problem finding the flesh they need to keep walking, but unfortunately, our museum project needs more than flesh. The project needs some funding to get all the exhibits rebuilt, to get the new facility remodeled from an old clothes store into a zombie museum and to print informational panels to inform our customers of this rich and local history. There's lots of little details that add up in putting something like this together. That is why we have decided to fund raise using the Indiegogo platform. But the best part is that everyone who contributes gets back perks worth more in value than their contribution amount! So everybody wins, zombies, museums, and fans alike!

All New - The Living Dead – Museum & Giftshop

Contributed funds will go to:

- remodeling an old Evans City storefront into our museum

- moving and rebuilding the original JP Penny Elevator and escalator used in Dawn of the Dead into our museum

- crafting new lifesize famous movie zombies statues and figures to grace the halls of the new museum

- printing informational panels that will inform and educate patrons as they tour the exhibits

- printing and constructing signage for the top of the building and décor for the storefront windows

- acquiring new props and photos to exhibit .

Back Up Plan 

$10,000.00 may seem like a lot to get started, but don't worry, we are coming back whether we reach this goal or not.  We have lots of back up plans and never give up, but this fund raising head start plan will get as much cool stuff ready in the fastest way possible so all will be ready for the Living Dead Festival on Aug 30 & 31.  This goal represents the total expense needed to rebuild and prepair the facility to reopen.  We can open without some of the exhibits completed if necessary (and we will), so please do not get frustrated if the goal is not reached, as we will find a way to make it happen either way.  We have prioritized the goals, so as funds come in we will allocate them to the higher priority items first to get reopened quickly.  So any amount from $1 and up will all go to use it making this happen!  Thank you all for supporting this project over the last 5 years and into the future!

 

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Zombie Ghoul Admission

$5 USD
Receive admission to the museum for one person.
1 claimed

Zombie Horde Admission

$10 USD
Receive admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
4 out of 100 of claimed

NOTLD Poster Package

$15 USD
Receive a 11" x 17" collector print of Night of the Living Dead movie poster. Plus admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
8 out of 100 of claimed

T-Shirt Pittsburgh Package

$25 USD
Receive our exclusive “Pittsburgh Zombie Capital of the World” T-shirt, plus admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
4 out of 50 of claimed

T-Shirt Evans City Package

$25 USD
Receive our exclusive “Evans City Home of the Living Dead” T-shirt, plus admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
16 out of 50 of claimed

Hoodie Package

$45 USD
Receive a “Pittsburgh Zombie Capital of the World” Hoodie, plus admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
7 out of 50 of claimed

Signed Flyboy Figure Package

$65 USD
Receive a NECA Dawn of the Dead Flyboy Action Figure sign by David Emge. Plus get admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
1 out of 6 of claimed

Maul (wall) of Fame Package

$75 USD
Get your bloody handprint and name immortalized on our new Donor Maul of Fame wall. Plus get admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
4 out of 50 of claimed

Monroeville Mall Prop Package

$75 USD
Receive an original Exterior Brick from The Monroeville Mall's former JP Penneys plus a metal piece of the Penneys Escalator complete with certificates of authenticity. Plus get admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
6 out of 10 of claimed

Fan Highlight Exhibit Package

$125 USD
Become the feature of a new rotating exhibit in the museum highlighting super fans of the Romero films. The exhibit will showcase your bio and show off pictures of your zombie collection, your photos with the Romero actors or anything you deem to worthy of defining you as a superfan. Plus get admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
0 out of 12 of claimed

Signed Escalator Panel Package

$160 USD
Receive a 2' x 2' side panel of Penneys Escalator signed by Roger actor Scott Reiniger. See pic in gallery. Plus get admission to the museum for family or group of four.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
1 out of 4 of claimed

Dawn Escalator Panel Package

$350 USD
Receive an original full side panel from the escalator in JC Penney's as seen in Dawn of the Dead. Panel formed the wall between handrail and steps and is over 6 feet long. Item is large and heavy and will require pickup at museum, cannot be shipped.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
0 out of 2 of claimed

Giftshop Department Package

$400 USD
Your very own department to sell your wares in our giftshop. We will display and sell your goods in our museum gift shop from Aug 30, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Some merchandise restrictions apply so contact us first to see if your merch qualifies. A 20% consignment fee also applies.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
0 out of 3 of claimed

Mall Light Deluxe Package

$750 USD
1. An original light fixture from the Monroeville Mall. This is one of the four remaining light fixtures that were last used in our museum. 2. A Brick from JC Penney's. 3. Five Monroeville Mall Artifacts: 2 pieces of Penney's Escalator, piece of Penney's Elevator Door Cable, A piece of Column Marble, and piece of stone from Penney's. 4. Mall Locations Map of the filming locations. Items must be picked up in person. Certificates of authenticity. See gallery for pictures.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed

Dawn Elevator Door Package

$850 USD
Receive one full original outer elevator door as seen in the elevator scenes in dawn of the Dead. This is a full size steel door and is very heavy, it cannot be shipped, requires pick up from museum.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
0 out of 1 of claimed
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Monroeville Mall Light Package

$600 USD
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
1 out of 1 of claimed
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