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Pizza Hut Museum opens at Wichita State

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The new Pizza Hut Museum has opened at Wichita State University.

The first Pizza Hut Photo courtesy Wichita State University

WSU Foundation CEO Elizabeth King said that staff from the school came together “to collaborate and create this fabulous museum that will be curated by the students.”

Brothers Dan and Frank Carney were students at the university in 1958 when they converted a beer tavern into the original Pizza Hut. The building was used for the museum, which opened Wednesday on the school’s Innovation Campus.

Dan Carney attended the opening ceremony, saying “I think they did a great job.”

The museum includes articles, memorabilia and photos of the brothers and takes visitors through the evolution of the pizza chain.

There are 7,500 Pizza Huts nationwide and another 10,000 internationally.

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