Beatles museum to expand in Liverpool, opening in 2028

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 17:20 · Archive

Liverpool's Beatles Story museum will move to a new 100,000 sq ft site and pass to official ownership by Apple Corps.

Liverpool is to open a new 100,000 sq ft Beatles museum in 2028, a significant expansion of the existing Beatles Story museum, which opened at Royal Albert Dock in 1990. The museum will relocate to the former St John's Market shopping centre, close to Lime Street railway station, making it four times larger than its current home.

Ownership will transfer to Apple Corps, the Beatles company, establishing the Beatles Story as the band's first official fan experience in their home city. Apple Corps will also take over and renovate St John's Beacon, a 450ft tower that has been unused since 2024 when its viewing gallery closed and radio station tenants left. The tower will become a separate attraction themed around the Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine, offering 360-degree views of the city.

Paul McCartney said the plans were "extraordinary" and described being "humbled" by continued interest in the Beatles' story. He stated: "It couldn't have happened without Liverpool and I can't wait for people to be able to step into our story." Ringo Starr added that Liverpool "was, and still is, music city". The project has also been praised by Andy Burnham for its ambition.

How it is being reported

• ‘Extraordinary’ plans for new Beatles attraction announcedThe Beatles Story Museum, which is currently at the city’s Albert Dock, will move onto a new 100,000 square feet site.Evening Standard · 20 Oct, 16:57
• Vast Beatles museum, hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by Paul McCartney, to open in Liverpool in 2028City’s Beatles Story museum to move to 100,000 sq ft new home and official ownership, along with Yellow Submarine makeover of Liverpool’s second-tallest building 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…Guardian World · 20 Oct, 16:00

In this story: Paul McCartney · Ringo Starr · Apple Corps · Liverpool · The Beatles

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