A Museum of everything relating to ex-METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton will open next month in Ljungby, Sweden.
The 24 year old Burton died tragically in a tour bus crash on September 27, 1986 while on tour with METALLICA at a spot just 12 miles north of Ljungby.
According to Guitar World, the museum is set to include pictures, albums, posters and tickets, along with interviews and photos from the first photographer at the crash site, Lennart Wennberg of Swedish newspaper Expressen. There will also be a film of recollections from first responders at the crash scene as well as a stage that recreates METALLICA’s last performance with Burton in Stockholm, with copies of the bass and drum kit he and drummer Lars Ulrich used, plus a poster with Burton’s last autograph.
The organizers tell Guitar World: “We primarily want to honor Cliff Burton, who died so tragically in the middle of his career, and talk about who he was as a person and a musician. Our second main purpose is to create a meeting place for all those who seek the memorial site in the small community of Dörarp. We want to continue the fine work that the fans started when they started raising funds to make Cliff’s memorial stone.”
Ljungby historian Krister Ljungberg told SVT in 2021 that he had received a message of support from METALLICA fans from around the world. “I’m not a huge fan of METALLICA, but I usually say that I’m the biggest fan of METALLICA fans,” Ljungberg said. “I really love these people; they are absolutely amazing.”
A newly launched association, ‘Bergabygden’s culture and tourism’, was awarded SEK 300,000 (approximately $32,000) from the Swedish National Heritage Board, a government agency responsible for world heritage sites and other national heritage monuments and historical environments, to help start the museum.
The museum will have it’s launch event on Saturday, May 14.
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