Liverpool: British Music Experience Ticket

The British Music Experience tells the story of British Music through costumes, instruments, performance and memorabilia. Whatever age you are, and whatever you are into, there is something here for you.

We've got outfits worn by artists from Freddie Mercury and Dusty Springfield to Adam Ant, the Spice Girls and Mick Jagger and musical instruments played by some of the world's most renowned artists from Queen's Roger Taylor to the Sex Pistols and Ian Curtis. We even have handwritten song lyrics from Adele, the original statues from the Brits and the Apple Corp front door from Saville Row.

You can also get hands-on in our Dance the Decades studio, sing your heart out in our Vocal Booth, or play top guitars and drums in the Gibson Interactive Studio.

After the main event browse an exclusive range of gifts, clothing, books and memorabilia from the Merch Store and you can rest those dancing feet with a selection of delicious snacks and meals in the Star Café.

The current temporary exhibition is, Don't Believe the Hype… Uncovering the Artwork of Arctic Monkeys' Debut Album. The exhibition explores the creation and cultural legacy of one of the most recognisable album covers of the 21st century: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the 2006 debut by Arctic Monkeys, with the exhibition launching 20 years to the day of the album's release.

Centred on the artwork surrounding the album, the exhibition moves beyond the iconic cover image to examine the wider visual world from which it emerged - a sequence of ordinary moments, encounters, and traces that together formed an authentic portrait of youth culture at the time.

The exhibition documents the conceptual journey of Scott Jones, Creative Director for the album, alongside original photographic material, outtakes, interior imagery, and personal artefacts from the period. It traces a day-in-the-life approach to the album's visual identity: the cover image, single artwork, and photographic sequences that documented a specific moment in time.

Together, these materials form an extended visual document of youth, place, and lived experience, shared spaces, boredom, anticipation, and the small moments that later took on cultural meaning.

The exhibition reframes the album artwork not as an act of branding, but as a social document of a generation at the edge of the attention economy.

The exhibition will run from 23rd January 2026 to 22nd March 2026 and is included with all general entry tickets.