The Heritage of London Trust has announced plans to restore the house where David Bowie spent his childhood. Once the work is completed, the building will become an open museum for visitors. The reconstruction will last more than a year, reports Hypebeast.
The two-story cottage in the Bromley area will be recreated in the form it had in the 1960s. The museum's opening is scheduled for no earlier than the end of 2027. In addition to the exhibition, educational programs and creative workshops for young people will be held in the house.
The restoration project will be led by Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the traveling exhibition David Bowie Is. The concept of the future museum is inspired by the artistic laboratory that Bowie created in Beckenham. The central space will be a small bedroom of the musician — it is here that his first creative ideas and musical aspirations originated.
David Bowie (real name — David Jones) is one of the most influential British musicians of the 20th century. He debuted in 1967 with the album David Bowie, and gained worldwide fame two years later with the hit Space Oddity, which reached the top 5 of the British chart.
The artist passed away on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69 after a long battle with liver cancer. According to his will, his ashes were scattered over the island of Bali.
