NEW YORK: Paisley Park, Prince’s state-of-the-art studio complex that held a mythic status for fans who entered it during the pop legend’s life, will open to the public as a museum.
The “Purple Rain” star’s estate said it was teaming up for the project with the company behind Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home-turned-museum in Memphis that draws more than 600,000 visitors a year. The 55,000-square-foot (5,000-square-meter) complex will open for tours on October 6, one week before fans descend on Prince’s Minnesota hometown of Minneapolis for a memorial tribute concert at the new US Bank Arena.
Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson said that the pop star had long hoped to allow the public into Paisley Park, which he opened in 1987 in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen and where he died on April 21.
“Opening Paisley Park is something that Prince always wanted to do and was actively working on,” Nelson said. “Only a few hundred people have had the rare opportunity to tour the estate during his lifetime. Now, fans from around the world will be able to experience Prince’s world for the first time as we open the doors to this incredible place,” she said.
Paisley Park will be opened to fans as Prince museum
Paisley Park will be opened to fans as Prince museum
