Here is the wedding tableware from Graceland, there is the notebook with meticulous listings of the expenditure of the US soldiers, Elvis Presley in Germany. And then the blue glitter shirt the King wore in Las Vegas – a treasure trove for Fans of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is the Elvis Presley Museum in the middle of the old town of düsseldorf.
Of the red Bicycle, the Elvis as a 14-Year-old around curved, up to the family Bible from the year 1872, three collectors from Gelsenkirchen have worn for decades, more than 2000 memorabilia of Elvis Presley (1935-1977). According to your information, it is the largest private Elvis collection outside the United States.
Around 1,000 of the lovers of the exhibits from the 50s to the 70s, have now been found in the Düsseldorf a permanent place to Stay. Almost 35 years after Elvis’ death, the Show has a very private view of the “King”, who still has thousands of Fans and one of the world’s most successful musicians.
The visitors in the beautifully renovated cellar in the old town is a journey back in time to the Era of Rock’n’Roll. By hand, the collector Andreas Schröer has painted red flowers around the front door, to the gate of Elvis Graceland mansion in Memphis to remember. As a ten year old, the 46-year-old schroer for Christmas got the first double-LP with Elvis Songs as a gift. “Which has triggered the fever,” he says.
Photos, records, guitars, concert posters, and even accounting documents with hand-written sales of Elvis’ first record company, Sun Records rummaged through Schröer and his friends. Especially the time that the master of the Hüftschwungs by the end of 1958 to 1960 as a well-known U.S. soldier held in Bad Nauheim, lives again.
Because the green duffel bag is dragged, in the Elvis two days of the fan mail home. “Dear Elvis! I would ask for an autograph. It is Johann Martens from Bremen greets” on a post card. In a display case out of Sheik-Outfit velvet tea service donated to the Saudi king the “King”, after Elvis had his Suite in the Nauheim Parkhotel for the monarch cleared.
A look at Elvis’ youth allows you to Look at. The high school year books of the later Superstars bought the collector his uncle; they found also the pennant that hung on Elvis’ bed. The devotion to Elvis is so great that even the used stage Museum are towels full of sweat and make-up well worthy of it.