ArchitectureLiverpool · Relocating in 2028
The Beatles Story museum moves to St Johns Shopping Centre, Liverpool
Apple Corps is moving the band's Liverpool museum into a 1969 market hall, with a Yellow Submarine viewing deck up St Johns Beacon.
The Beatles Story has sat on the Royal Albert Dock since 1990. Apple Corps, the company the four band members set up in 1968 to run their business affairs, is taking over the museum from Mersey Ferries and moving it into the city centre. The new home is the St Johns Shopping Centre and the former Radio City Tower, opposite Liverpool Lime Street station.
Most of the museum will fill what was once St Johns Market, designed by James A Roberts and built in 1969. At around 9,300 square metres, it is more than four times the size of the dockside site, with room for original artefacts, reconstructed sets and immersive displays tracing each era of the band's rise. The Grade II-listed tower, also known as St Johns Beacon, is 138 metres tall and once had a revolving restaurant. It will become a separate Yellow Submarine-themed observation deck with views over the city. One earlier plan for the tower would have run a zipwire from it to the roof of the Central Library.
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney both welcomed the plans in the announcement. The move is due in 2028, timed with the new Beatles film. For now the museum stays on the dock, so a visit there before it closes is still possible.
Our summary of a story from Dezeen, published 22 October 2026. Read the original
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