
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Beatles!
- On Display
In 1964 The Beatles came to America for one final tour. Their journey in America began on Friday, February 7 of that year, when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr arrived from the UK at the newly named John F. Kennedy International Airport. With cameras flashing and reporters jostling, they were whisked into Manhattan amid the screams, shouts and tears of New York-area teens, braving the cold for a mere glimpse of the band. Then, that Sunday, the veritable king of the television variety show, Ed Sullivan, introduced them to a captivated American audience of more than 73 million viewers—at the time a television record. And just like that Beatlemania was upon us.
Curated by the GRAMMY Museum and Fab Four Exhibits, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles! brings us back to the early ‘60s when rock & roll was re-energized—some say saved—by four lads from Liverpool. This exhibit covers the period from early 1964 through mid-1966—the years Beatlemania ran rampant in America. During this time the band affected nearly every aspect of pop culture, including fashion, art, advertising, media, and, of course, music. On display are many Beatles-related pop culture artifacts from the period, as well as correspondence, instruments, posters, photographs, interviews, interactive displays, and an oral history booth in which visitors can leave their own impressions of The Beatles.
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles! provides fresh new insight into how and why The Beatles impacted America in the 1960s—and beyond.
Current Location
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Oregon Historical Society
May 10, 2019 - November 12, 2019
HOSTING GUIDELINES
Past Locations
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Osaka, Japan
February 2018 - April 2018
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Japan Music Experience, Tokyo
November 18, 2017 - January 28, 2018
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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE
July 1, 2016 - September 5, 2016
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GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
March 5, 2016 - June 12, 2016
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LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, TX
June 13, 2015 - January 10, 2016
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Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, OK
February 4, 2015 - May 24, 2015
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HistoryMiami in Miami, FL
October 10, 2014 - January 18, 2015
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Midwest Music Museum at Mall of America
June 5, 2014 - September 7, 2014
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
February 6, 2014 - May 10, 2014
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Clinton Presidential Center
Little Rock, Arkansas