A Titanic Lego replica built by a boy from Iceland who has autism is the world's largest and went on display this month at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Brynjar Karl Birgisson, who is 15 and started the project when he was 10, said the replica took about 56,000 Lego bricks, 120 tubes of glue, and 700 hours of work over 11 months to complete the project, according to the museum's website.
The 26-foot-long, 5-foot-wide ship has been on display around the world at exhibitions including Norway and Germany, National Public Radio reported.
Birgisson's mother, Bjarney Lúðvíksdóttir, told NPR the project was intended to teach her son to see a project through from start to finish.
Watching her son achieve his dream has been "indescribable," she told NPR. "I mean, we never thought that this project would take us — the family — on this journey."
The project was inspired by a trip to Legoland in Denmark, CNN reported. It has helped Birgisson rise above the challenges of autism.
"I was totally unable to communicate when I started the project and now I’m standing on stage and giving interviews," he said according to a Q&A on the museum's website. "It has given me confidence. When I started the building process I had a person helping me in school in every step that I took, but today, I’m studying without any support. My grades have risen and my classmates consider me as their peer. I have had the opportunity to travel and explore and meet wonderful people."
Birgisson will make an appearance at the Titanic Museum on April 21, The Guardian reported.
He traveled to the U.S. in 2016 to give a TED Talk about his project, which is posted on YouTube.
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