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  • 29 July 2011, 14:28

Schwarzenegger shrine opens

Schwarzenegger

A museum dedicated to Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger at his childhood home opens on his 64th birthday (July 30).

The star gave the project the thumbs up during a visit last month to the house near Graz, Austria, where he grew up.

Visitors can see the first weights that a teenage Arnie started body-building with and took pride of place behind his desk from his term as Governor of California.

Other exhibits include a life-sized recreation of the star as his Terminator android.

The home - complete with all Arnie's family's furniture - was sold to a local museum trust in 2009 for £390,000 and has taken two years to convert into a shrine to the star.

Schwarzenegger is expected to return in November for a star-studded formal opening.

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