Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home in Austria has opened as a museum. It came as the former Mr Universe, who went on to be a Hollywood star and governor of California, turned 64. On display at the museum are his childhood bed, a motorbike from one of the Terminator films, some of his first dumb-bells, and a copy of the desk he used as governor of California. Mr Schwarzenegger left the village of Thal, near the city of Graz, in 1966, but has given the project his blessing. A plaque by the door reads "Arnold Schwarzenegger's Birth House Museum," although one of the locals later told me he was born in a nearby hospital. He lived with his family in the modest first floor flat from his birth in 1947 until 1966 when he left to pursue his dreams of winning the Mr Universe competition. Pit toilet It was a humble beginning. The flat had no electricity and no running water. The museum shows the house's original pit toilet, and a 1950s kitchen, with a washstand and jugs for collecting water. In one of the rooms, the star's childhood bed is on display. "This is where he first started to dream of success," the curator, Peter Urdl told me.