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It depends on the type of exhibit. If you make one that is, for example, every Lego Harry Potter set, you wouldn't have to pay anyone anything, as they're artifacts that you can purchase.Also I have a question, do museums have to pay royalties to artists to exhibit their works? I know that museums do buy pieces and such. But what happens with stuff like Harry Potter, Marvel and Star Wars?
But if you wanted to go further, you could potentially run into issues - most real museums work quite closely with the property, not only to avoid complications but also to get access to unreleased/backstage works.
For example, this is a legal book in the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Harry-Potter-Cookbook-Knickerbocker/dp/1440503257/ - because it talks about facts and doesn't duplicate, but it's about as close to the edge as you can get.
I still think a big part of it is having the books thrown back in their faces as they've gotten so insane you can use voldemort as a caricature of them. They took any excuse available to tear down their own heroes (it's almost the defining part of the left, they need something to rebel against; they cannot be the ones in power).JK Rowling hasn't changed, her books haven't changed, it's these people who became emotional wrecks screaming about anything that goes against their orthodoxy.