Feb 27: British Music Experience - Liverpool

This is a museum in Liverpool. It is located in the old Cunard building on the Pier Head.

As the UK’s only museum dedicated to celebrating British music, the British Music Experience boasts an unrivalled collection of memorabilia, stage outfits, instruments, images and footage. 

The museum charts the beginnings, rise and influence of British pop from 1945 to the present day and includes outfits worn by artists from Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury and Dusty Springfield, to Adam Ant and The Spice Girls and musical instruments played by some of the world’s most renowned artists from Queen's Roger Taylor and Marc Bolan, to Ian Curtis and the Sex Pistols. 

You can even find the original statues from the Brits and the Apple Corp front door from Saville Row.

The Museum includes galleries, interactive zones, audio visual experiences and hologram performances. You can get hands-on in the Interactive Studio by learning to play guitar, drums or keyboards, dance your way through the eras in the Dance the Decades studio and get your voice studio-ready in the Vocal Booth.

The BME was initially spearheaded by renowned music promoter, Harvey Goldsmith, CBE, best known for the ground breaking Live Aid concert of 1985 which raised over £140m to fight world poverty. Harvey Goldsmith and the Trustees recognised a void in the music and cultural sector and wanted to give people the opportunity to both learn and celebrate the history of British popular music.

To fulfil the Museum’s charitable purposes, the BME through the support of bands, estates and management has amassed an unrivalled collection of rock and pop artefacts used to curate the rich history of popular British music alongside a social and political backdrop including:

• 600+ stage outfits, instruments, hand- written lyrics, and other objects brought to life with interactivity
• 6000 images, artwork & video clips embedded in a digital timeline and archive
• Musical timeline mirroring social history, politics, geography and technology in the UK

The BME has the only collection in the world to chart the rise of British Popular Music from its roots in Jazz to the present day and archive the successes of one the UK’s most creative and successful industries. After a 5 year run at The O2, London, the BME is now permanently resides in Liverpool, a UNESCO City of Music.

Has anyone been? 

Your reviews are welcome.

I will try to get over to Liverpool sometime this year.