The Vault, Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia Museum
150 Old Park Lane, (Corner of Park Lane), London W1K 1QZ
Daily, 12.00pm - 9.00pm
TUBE: Green Park, Hyde Park Corner
OVERGROUND: Victoria Station
BUS: 2, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 22, 26, 38, 52, 73, 74, 82, 137, 148, 414, 436
BARCLAYS DOCKING STATIONS: Wellington Arch
The Vault is located in the basement of the Hard Rock Cafe shop in London. It has some incredible pieces of rock memorabilia and is free to visit. Go into the busy Hard Rock Cafe shop and look for the stairs down to The Vault. Free guided tours run every twenty minutes so you may need to wait, but a member of staff will advise you.

The building used to be a Coutts & Co Bank so the vault is literally a bank vault. It's a small room and you can only go in with staff. Your tour guide will point out all the key memorabilia in the room then you are allowed to take photos. Yes, you can take photos!
For a small fee, you can pose for a souvenir photo holding one of the rare guitars (staff can advise which are available).

What you will see:
  • Beatles memorabilia: piano, lyrics, John Lennon's glasses
  • Glen Matlock's first ever guitar (apparently he wept when he saw it here)
  • Elvis Presley coat
  • Bob Dylan guitar shaped as a USA map
  • the Jimi Hendrix guitar played at the Isle of Wight Festival (and insured for £4 million!)
  • Jeff Beck's guitar, also played by Jimmy Page
  • David Bowie guitar
  • Madonna JPG Bustier worn on the Blond Ambition Tour
  • Kurt Cobain guitar
  • an antique chair owned by Freddie Mercury
  • The Who memorabilia: lyrics, stage outfits, instruments
  • Eric Clapton 1969 silver suit
  • Slash from Guns N' Roses guitar and outfit from November Rain video

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