The Beatles Story
- The Beatles Museum, Albert Dock
The Beatles Story is the museum about The Beatles, the most popular pop band in history, that also created the Merseybeat sound. It features the world's largest permanent exhibition about the Beatles. The museum is situated in the Albert Dock at the popular Liverpool Waterside, next to River Mersey. In Liverpool's only non free museum you find John Lennon's piano, guitars, a famous David Bowie guitar, full scale copies of the Cavern, the Casbah Club, Abbey Road Studios, Epstein's NEMS record store and other clubs, as well as rooms with themes of Sgt.Pepper, an airplane that the band travelled with to the States and the Yellow Submarine, complete with yellow interior and aquarium fishes! There is also a special room dedicated to each member. Clothes, gold records, posters, Lennon's glasses, movies, other instruments and other props can also be seen in the museum, that is very large and extensive, and consists of several themed rooms. Audio guides tells the story of each room. The museum was founded in 1990. Each year the museum has about 300 000 visitors.
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