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Happiness Is a Beatles Museum (Unless You're Pete Best)

September 29, 2006 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments

Few peoples do classic rock like the Germans do, and, as it turns out, the Germans may do the Beatles even better than the Brits. While Liverpool's got the officially sanctioned "Beatles Story" experience, Germany has something even better: a privately owned Beatles museum run by a real Beatles geek. His name is Rainer Moers, and his three-storey gallery in Halle is home to the Beatles memorabilia he's been collecting since 1964.

The museum's twelve exhibit rooms are divided by year groupings, beginning at 1957-64 and running all the way up to the present, including each Beatle's solo years. Admission is € 3.00 to Liverpool's £ 8.99, though, admittedly, only there can you get an audio guide narrated by John Lennon's sister. Alright, so the Beatles Story does have some great stuff you won't find anywhere else, but there's one important reason why we'll pick the Beatles Museum in Halle first any day, and it ain't tangible. The love, dedication and, okay, obsession it took Rainer Moers (a real fan) to bring the museum to life are the best testament imaginable to the influence and impact of the legendary Fab Four.

Halle is a 1 hour 17 minute train ride from Berlin, making it a completely doable day trip from the city.

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