__NOTOC__ The Beatles Story is a museum in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

about

the Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...

and their

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

. It is located on the historical Royal Albert Dock, and is owned by Mersey Ferries, part of

Merseytravel Merseytravel is the passenger transport executive, responsible for the coordination of public transport in the Liverpool City Region in North West England. Merseytravel was established on 1 December 1969 as the Merseyside Passenger Transpor ...

. The Beatles Story contains recreations of The Casbah Coffee Club,

The Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a nightclub on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened in 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s. The club became closely assoc ...

and Abbey Road Studios among other historical Beatles items, such as

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

's spectacles, George Harrison's first guitar and a detailed history about the

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and the solo careers of every Beatle. The museum was also recognised as one of the best tourist attractions of the

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in 2015.Povesti Decalatorie
Beatles Story Scoops Top Tourism Award
19 December 2015 The exhibition was preceded by the

Cavern Mecca The Cavern Mecca was a Beatles museum in Liverpool. Founded in 1981 and named for the Cavern Club, it was instrumental in the birth of Beatles fan-based tourism in Liverpool. It was located on the corner of Rainford Square and Mathew Street. ...

(1981-1984) and Beatles City (1984-1986).

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File:Exposição dos Beatles em Liverpool.jpg,

Decca audition The English rock band the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, on 1 January 1962. They were rejected by the label, who instead opted to sign a contract with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The au ...

(wax figures) File:Flickr - ronsaunders47 - THE CAVERN CLUB. LIVERPOOL .UK.jpg, recreation of the original

Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a nightclub on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened in 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s. The club became closely assoc ...

(1957-1973) File:Flickr - ronsaunders47 - JOHN LENNON'S WHITE ROOM..2.jpg, recreation of the

Imagine Imagine may refer to: * Imagination Music Albums * ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008 * ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002 * ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012 * ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971 ** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...

room File:The Quarrymen instruments (2).jpg, George Harrison's first guitar File:Lennon's orange spectacles (The Beatles Story).jpg, John Lennon's orange spectacles File:The Beatles Experience, Liverpool 33.jpg, John Lennon's Hip Flask presented from

Stuart Sutcliffe Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a Scottish painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a paint ...

File:Casbah Coffee Club's guitar, often played by Lennon, Paul & Harrison ca.1959-1962 (The Beatles Story).jpg,

Casbah Coffee Club The Casbah Coffee Club, officially Casbah Club, was a rock and roll music venue in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England, that operated from 1959 to 1962. Started by Mona Best, mother of early Beatles drummer, Pete Best, in the cellar of t ...

's guitar File:The Beatles Experience, Liverpool 18.jpg,

The Quarrymen The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle/ rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several schoolfriends, the Q ...

's instruments File:The Quarrymen instruments (1).jpg, Zenith Model 17, the model played by

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

, donated by Rod Davies. File:The Beatles Story (Ank Kumar, Infosys Limited) 03.jpg, George Harrison's last Cavern guitar File:John Lennon's Gretsch 6120 (SN 53,940).jpg, John Lennon's

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6120 (serial no. 53,940) File:John Lennon's guitar, Imagine room replica of the Beatles Story museum.jpg,

Epiphone Casino The Epiphone Casino is a thinline hollow body electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a branch of Gibson. The guitar debuted in 1961 and has been associated with such guitarists as Howlin' Wolf, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, K ...

, the model played by John Lennon. File:BTR2 monaural recorder (1954-1970), Abbey Road Studios.jpg, EMI BTR2 tape recorder used at Abbey Road Studios

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatles Story Museums established in 1990 Tourist attractions in Liverpool Cultural depictions of the Beatles Music museums in Liverpool Biographical museums in Merseyside Rock music museums 1990 establishments in England

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