Music

Beatles museum to open on site of band’s legendary rooftop concert

Venue will be the first museum in London dedicated to the Fab Four

IWM acquires Dame Vera Lynn wartime archive

Collection of second world war entertainer includes fan letters and personal diary

New research to shape ‘music-led’ visitor experience in Birmingham

Birmingham Museum partners on project celebrating city’s musical heritage

David Bowie’s teenage home to open as immersive experience

Project will restore terraced house in south London to original 1960s appearance

Sound and vision: David Bowie Centre opens at V&A East Storehouse

Ziggy-era guitar and unfinished musical among items available for public to access for the first time

How Beyond the Bassline captured the hard-earned joy of Black British music

Miles Greenwood discovers a deeper narrative at this British Library exhibition

Music is helping museums stay in tune with their audiences

Museums are finding imaginative ways to engage with people’s emotional connections to music, challenging them to explore the artform’s varied dimensions

British Library opens Black British music exhibition

Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music runs until 26 August

V&A to create David Bowie centre after acquiring archive

Venue dedicated to the English singer songwriter will be established in east London

Museum of… Royal College of Music Museum, London

This wide-ranging collection features the world’s earliest-known stringed keyboard and an original Mozart concerto manuscript