The Beatles Story
Museum dedicated to the Beatles, situated in the Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, England
53°23′56″N 2°59′31″W / 53.399°N 2.992°W / 53.399; -2.992
The Beatles Story is a museum in Liverpool about the Beatles and their history. It is located on the historical Royal Albert Dock,[2] and is owned by Mersey Ferries,[1] part of Merseytravel. The Beatles Story contains recreations of The Casbah Coffee Club, The Cavern Club and Abbey Road Studios among other historical Beatles items, such as John Lennon's spectacles, George Harrison's first guitar and a detailed history about the British Invasion and the solo careers of every Beatle. The museum was also recognised as one of the best tourist attractions of the United Kingdom in 2015.[3] The exhibition was preceded by the Cavern Mecca (1981-1984) and Beatles City (1984-1986).[4]
Gallery
- Decca audition (wax figures)
- recreation of the original Cavern Club (1957-1973)
- recreation of the Imagine room
- George Harrison's first guitar
- John Lennon's orange spectacles
- John Lennon's Hip Flask presented from Stuart Sutcliffe
- Casbah Coffee Club's guitar
- The Quarrymen's instruments
- Zenith Model 17, the model played by Paul McCartney, donated by Rod Davies.
- George Harrison's last Cavern guitar
- John Lennon's Gretsch 6120 (serial no. 53,940)
- Epiphone Casino, the model played by John Lennon.
- EMI BTR2 tape recorder used at Abbey Road Studios
See also
References
- ^ a b "THE BEATLES STORY LIMITED: Persons with significant control". Companies House. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "The Beatles Story celebrates its 25th birthday - Liverpool Echo". liverpoolecho.co.uk. May 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Povesti Decalatorie, Beatles Story Scoops Top Tourism Award, 19 December 2015
- ^ "Beatles City exhibition". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
External links
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performances
- 1960 Johnny Gentle Tour
- Winter 1963 Helen Shapiro Tour
- 1963 Roy Orbison Tour
- The Ed Sullivan Show appearances
- 1964 world tour
- The Beatles' 1964 tour of Australia
- 1964 North American tour
- 1965 European tour
- 1965 US tour
- 1965 UK tour
- 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines
- 1966 US tour
- Our World performance
- Rooftop concert
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places
- 10 Admiral Grove
- 12 Arnold Grove
- 20 Forthlin Road
- 251 Menlove Avenue
- 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
- Abbey Road, London
- Ad Lib Club
- The Bag O'Nails
- Beatles Ashram
- Beatles-Platz
- Blue Angel
- Casbah Coffee Club
- Candlestick Park
- Carnegie Hall
- The Cavern Club
- Cavern Mecca
- Comiskey Park
- The Jacaranda
- Kaiserkeller
- Kinfauns
- London Palladium
- Penny Lane, Liverpool
- 3 Savile Row
- The Scotch of St. James
- Shea Stadium
- St Peter's Church
- Stanley Street
- Star-Club
- Strawberry Field
- Tittenhurst Park
- The Top Ten Club
- Wigmore Street
- The Beatles Anthology
- The Beatles: The Authorised Biography
- The Beatles: All These Years
- A Cellarful of Noise
- I, Me, Mine
- Lennon Remembers
- Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
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