It’s International Beatles Week, and this post celebrates The Fab Four‘s legacy.

Having explored the childhood homes and iconic sites of The Beatles, we continued our Beatles pilgrimage by visiting The Beatles Story exhibition.

We would strongly recommend dropping by early and avoiding weekends and bank holidays if queuing is not your thing.

Housed in the beautifully restored Albert Dock area, the was opened in 1988 and tells the story of The Beatles chronologically, from their childhood till their solo careers.

The exhibition space is situated underground and one wonders if this was done to emulate the Cavern Club.

The first panels that you will see shares the fact that the Beatles were wartime babies, along with images from the era that they were born in.

Some have gone and some remain

The price of admission includes the use of the audio guide, which is narrated by John‘s sister, Julia Baird.

If you’re a Beatles fan, you’ll have good fun giving this quiz a shot.

You’ll learn of the musical influencers of The Beatles as well as see really cool memorabilia.

They’re neither blue nor suede, but you should be able to guess who this pair of shoes belongs to.

John and Paul first met at Woolton Church fete where John was performing with his skiffle band, The Quarrymen.

The band was named after John’s school, Quarrybank.

These were the popular songs of that time.

The Quarrymen first performed at the Casbah. It was owned by Mona Best who was the mum of their then-drummer, Pete. Here’s a recreation of the Casbah.

The Beatles would cut their teeth and really grow up in Hamburg. They would spend very long hours playing at different bars and their experience there honed their musical skills.

It was in Hamburg that the band met Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voorman and Jurgen Vollmer who would give them their Beatles hairstyle, design their album cover and capture iconic photos of them.

After paying their dues in Hamburg, which saw George being deported for being underage, The Beatles returned to Liverpool, they were discovered by Brian Epstein who owned NEMS music store and was a music columnist at Mersey Beat newspaper. As the legend goes, Brian visited the Cavern Club to see them perform, and immediately spotted their potential. Brian moulded them into a professional outfit and made them ‘clean up their act’.

Brian Epstein with Gerry Marsden. Gerry sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, Liverpool Football Club’s anthem.

NEMS music store, which Brian Epstein owned

Recreation of Mersey Beat office

This is John Lennon’s mohair suit which he donated to Madam Tussaud’s first ever Beatles display in 1964.

The Beatles then moved to London where they churned out a stream of chart topping records under the steady hand of George Martin.

EMI’s Abbey Road studios in London

Vintage tape deck

In 1963, the term Beatlemania entered popular culture. Here’s an explanation of the term and the associated eclectic memorabilia.

What stood out for us in the remainder of the exhibition were the huge thematic displays based on The Beatles‘ albums.

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Magical Mystery Tour

Yellow Submarine

Viewing the recreation of the white room where John played Imagine was quite an emotional experience for us…

…and we loved the mosaic that captured the last line of the song perfectly.

It was a good experience visiting a museum dedicated to our musical heroes. The show serves as a great introduction to the band and was very thorough in presenting their story. We would strongly recommend reading and watching The Beatles Anthology book and videos to compliment the overall experience.

This is the final post in our Y.sg in the UK series. It was wonderful to be here, it was certainly a thrill and you’ve been such a lovely audience.