Judy Garland Museum starts campaign to buy back iconic ruby slippers GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — It's hardly the land of Oz. But there is a yellow brick road that takes visitors to the heart of Grand ...

Kelsch is clearly not most people. These ruby slippers used in "The Wizard of Oz" were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005. The pair was recovered in 2018.

Grand Rapids raised money for the slippers at its annual Judy Garland festival. The funds will supplement the $100,000 set aside this year by Minnesota lawmakers to purchase the slippers.

Judy Garland talking about her childhood in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The crowd loved her and wanted to give her the night’s top prize, but her father wouldn’t let her accept it. Someone else won.

They were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 when Terry Jon Martin used a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door and display case.

A pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" was auctioned for a record $28 million. The iconic shoes were stolen in 2005 but they were recovered by the FBI in 2018.

The record-breaking ruby slippers were famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in the summer of 2005 and recovered 13 years later by the FBI.

The sparkly red heels were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 when Terry Jon Martin used a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door ...

The sparkly red heels were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 when Terry Jon Martin used a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door ...

They were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 when Terry Jon Martin used a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door and display case.

The sparkly red heels were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 when Terry Jon Martin used a hammer to smash the glass of the museum’s door ...