Andrew Olsen Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Barney & Friends Collection

Olsen with his Barney collection.

On April 13, 2024, Andrew Olsen of Overland Park, Kansas officially set the Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Collection of Barney & Friends Memorabilia.

Guinness World Records took nearly a year to verify the collection and sent Andrew the good news in early April 2025.

The number of items in his collection on the official record is 1,051, though counting props, set pieces, and non-commercially available items, his collections is numbered at over 1,200 pieces.

Olsen, who began collecting Barney in 2021 during the COVID-19 lockdown has found solace in being able to amass an archive that chronicles the history of Barney the Dinosaur.