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The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes

January 16, 2004 - January 2, 2005

Museum: American History Museum

Location: 3rd Floor, West Wing (near Popular Culture)

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles's first U.S. tour and their live performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, this exhibition features more than 60 never-before-published b&w photographs from CBS Photo Archive and by LIFE photographer Bill Eppridge. Included in this flashback to 1964 are historic images of their train ride to Washington, D.C., and their first concert held at the Washington Coliseum.

No photography permitted.

See February 2004 Smithsonian magazine, pp. 21-22

Catalogue: $34.95 (paper)