The memories of the Beatles are again attracting more people to the Beatles Museum in Halle. “We are expecting around 19,000 visitors this year, about as many people as before the pandemic,” said co-owner Stefan Lorenz of the German Press Agency. “The visitors come from all over Germany, mainly from Saxony, the Berlin area, but also from Eastern Europe.”
Around 5,000 objects from a pool of 15,000 items are on display. According to their own statements, it is the largest documentary about the Beatles in the world. The collection chronologically traces the musical development of the Beatles from the early 1960s through their dissolution in 1970 to the solo careers of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Plates, film recordings and posters will be on display.
The most valuable piece is a photograph of the musicians from 1969 with the autographs of all four band members. In addition, rare music recordings, but also the original of the Liverpoolers’ first employment contract from 1962 from the Hamburg Star Club and almost all 150 stamps with Beatles motifs ever issued worldwide. “Of course we continue to collect and the museum rooms are gradually being modernized,” said Lorenz.
The Beatles Museum was opened in Cologne on June 18, 1989 and moved to a renovated baroque building in Halle in 2000 due to lack of space. “Around 500,000 visitors have come to us since then,” said Lorenz.
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