Blogs
Book Launch at the Liverpool Beatles Museum
A host of celebrities and friends of the museum joined Suzan Holder for drinks and canapes this week as we celebrated the launch of her new book, Shake It Up Beverley! The book explores the long and winding road to love for a fifty-something mum in the suburbs of...
Johnathan Hague’s tribute to John Lennon
Figurative artist Jonathan Hague was born in Llandudno in 1938 and became friends with John Lennon when they both studied at Liverpool College of Art. As the Beatles provided the inspiration for and subject matter of a number of Hague’s paintings, Jonathan’s family...
War Is Over! If You Want It – the story of John and Yoko’s Christmas card to Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Harold Wilsons’s War is Over card from John and Yoko Ruth Barton (now Ruth Ferenczy) having left the War Office, was appointed as Harold Wilson’s secretary in March 1967 and her local newspaper the Evening Post celebrated the Basingstoke girl’s success in a news...
International Women’s Day – Mona Best, the Mother of Merseybeat
For International Women's Day we're celebrating Mona Best, the 'Mother of Merseybeat' who paved the way for women in the male dominated world of Rock and Roll. Moving from India in 1945, Mona arrived in a war torn Liverpool and immediately began to make her mark on...
Beatles manager Brian Epstein honoured with statue in Liverpool
The news this month that Brian Epstein's statue has finally been granted planning permission is a fitting tribute to a prominent LGBT figure during LGBT+ History month. The statue will honour Brian's role in the story of the Beatles, as well as his contribution to the...
George Harrison’s ukulele
Today we celebrate George Harrison’s birthday. One of George’s lasting legacies must truly be his extensive song catalogue. That didn’t come easy for George as It was inevitable from the start that George would find himself creatively living in the shadow of arguably...
Pete Best reveals how Neil Aspinall’s poster campaign prepared Liverpool for The Beatles’ return
November 1960, and the Beatles were expecting to return to Liverpool to celebrate Christmas following their first trip to Hamburg. Pete Best contacted Neil Aspinall and asked him to get some posters prepared for their return but not to tell anyone who the Beatles...
Radhe Shaam: A world exclusive at the Liverpool Beatles Museum!
At the beginning of November the Liverpool Beatles Museum was delighted to host the world premiere of a previously unheard track featuring George Harrison and Ringo Starr in an exclusive event at the museum. The track, known as Radhe Shaam, was originally destined to...
A mural to test the biggest Beatles fans’ knowledge
The museum adds a Beatles muralWhat Beatles references can you see? Recently the museum staged a hugely successful event showcasing the new entrance way, which has been decorated exclusively by Art Unknown, an artist who has created a mural that has proven popular...
With A Little Help from our Friends
With a little help from our friends: see who’s visited the museumFind out which famous faces have paid us a visit recentlyA visit from May Pang! It was amazing to have our friend May Pang pay a visit to the museum this month. May Pang was John Lennon’s partner for...