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puzzles. In terms of form the museum hosts flat, spherical, 3D and "4D" puzzles. The puzzles in the collection also features various genres and subjects such as people, nature, historical event, religious figures, fictional characters, cartoons, corporate ads, as well as reproduction of paintings by artists such as
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Aside from a museum the place was also made into a bed-and-breakfast place. In
October 2014, it was reported that the museum hosts about 1,500 puzzles. Gil-Lacuna died within the same year due to cardiac arrest. In 2017, Guinness would recognized Figueiredo's collection once again as the largest with
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The concept for the museum was first made in 2011 by puzzle collector
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jigsaw puzzle from Hong Kong for her then 2-year-old son Gino thinking it had only 500 pieces. She will then finish around a thousand puzzles in the next 30 years which will form part of the museum's collection. Puzzles of various materials form the collection such as wood, cardboard and plastic
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to be the new holder of the feat, with 1,030 puzzles finished at the time of the proclamation. The museum opened to the public in 2012. This surpassed the record of Luiza
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