Egri Road Beatles Múzeum
the museum in 2016
Egri Road Beatles Múzeum is located in Hungary
Egri Road Beatles Múzeum
Location within Hungary
Established15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
LocationCsiky Sándor utca 30, Eger
Coordinates47°54′11.8″N 20°22′11.8″E / 47.903278°N 20.369944°E / 47.903278; 20.369944
Typebiographical museum
Collectionsabout The Beatles
Websitebeatlesmuzeum.hu

The Egri Road Beatles Múzeum is a museum in downtown Eger, Hungary. It is dedicated to the former British pop group The Beatles.

History

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Front of the museum

The museum was opened on 15 May 2015 by János Bródy (born 1946), a Hungarian Kossuth Prize winner (2000) and singer-songwriter. It is situated in the basement of the Korona Hotel.[1]

Egri Road in the name of the museum is chosen for the resemblance with Abbey Road in London, as well a name giver for the Abbey Road Studios of The Beatles and their album Abbey Road.[1]

Collection

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The collection was brought together by Gábor Peterdi and Gábor Molnár. Peterdi inserted the photo collection of Dezo Hoffmann (1912-1986). He was a Czechoslovak (Slovak) photographer who captured many artists on film in the sixties, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe and others. Molnár is a writer of the book Immortal on The Beatles and inserted an extensive record collection and many memorabilia from the sixties.[1]

The musical history of the band is being presented through presentation boards, and audio and visual material. Next to them, the collection consists of various books, publications, photographs, guitars, a drum kit and other memorabilia.[2][3] There is also a brick of the Cavern Club which was bought on an auction in 1983 when this Liverpool club had been pulled down.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Rolling in Budapest, Fabulous Four Lads arrived to the Egri Museum, 17 May 2015
  2. ^ Ieger, Beatles Museum
  3. ^ TTG Dziennik, Muzeum Beatlesów w Egerze, 3 March 2016 (in Polish)