Prince’s Paisley Park may be turned into a museum

US: Before his death, Prince had the desire to turn his Paisley Park home and studio complex into a museum. Now it seems the trust company overseeing Prince's estate with the backing of the late singers siblings are now considering the idea of opening it up as a tourist attraction.

The Park, in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, already has a large soundstage, two recording studios and an inner sanctum where Prince lived.

Prince hosted several parties and gatherings at Paisley Park for years before his death.
Longtime Prince collaborator Sheila, said Prince was already working on making it a museum, gathering memorabilia from his career, including his motorcycle from “Purple Rain.”.

Also Jeremiah Freed, aka Dr. Funk and Dr. Funkenberry, a longtime fan and friend of Prince said Prince’s ideas kept advancing, including ways for fans to hear and see his vast archive of unreleased music and videos, so that it’d be a different experience each time.

Meredith Rutledge-Borger, associate curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, compared Prince with Michael Jackson and John Lennon.

“It’s a wonderful, wonderful ambition,” she said. “It’s going to be a lot of work. But they’re ahead of the game because they’ve got the stuff ... he kept the majority of everything very much to himself.” And she also expressed hope that the complex would continue Prince’s philanthropic work by serving as a music education centre for young people.