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Vast Beatles museum, hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by Paul McCartney, to open in Liverpool in 2028

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Liverpool is to unveil a new 100,000 sq ft visitor attraction about the Beatles, in plans hailed as “extraordinary” by Paul McCartney, and by Andy Burnham as having “the kind of ambition I want to see more of across Britain”. Opening in 2028, the project is a huge upgrade for the Beatles Story, a museum which opened in Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock in 1990. Ownership will now pass to the Beatles company Apple Corps, making the Beatles Story the band’s first official fan experience in their home city. It will also move across the city to the former shopping centre St John’s Market, close to Liverpool’s Lime Street railway station, which has lain unused since closing in 2024. The new site will allow the museum to become four times bigger than its current home. Apple Corps has also announced it will take over and renovate Liverpool’s second-tallest building: St Johns Beacon, a 450ft tower that has also remained unused since 2024, when its viewing gallery closed and its radio station tenants vacated. Neighbouring the redeveloped museum, the tower will become a separate attraction themed around the Beatles’ whimsical and psychedelic animated film Yellow Submarine.

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