Prince’s Paisley Park will open for public tours this fall

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Paisley Park, the home and studio of Prince, on April 22, 2016 in Chanhassen, Minnesota. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Call it Graceland North.

Prince’s private estate/production studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, will open for public tours beginning Oct. 6, it was announced today.

According to the official statement isssued by Bremer Trust, the special administrator of Prince’s still unresolved estate:”Guided tours will take visitors throughout the extensive main floor of Paisley Park, including the recording and mixing studios. Tours will also include Prince’s video editing suites, rehearsal rooms, private NPG Music Club, and a massive soundstage and concert hall where he rehearsed for tours and held exclusive private events and concerts. Also featured will be thousands of artifacts from Prince’s personal archives, including iconic concert wardrobe, awards, musical instruments, artwork, rare music and video recordings, concert memorabilia, automobiles and motorcycles.”

“The new Paisley Park museum will offer fans a unique experience, an exhibition like no other, as Prince would have wanted it,” according to the official statement by Prince’s siblings. “Most important, the museum will display Prince’s genius, honor his legacy, and carry forward his strong sense of family and community.”

Museum tickets will go on sale at 2 p.m. August 26 for tours starting October 6, 2016. Visit OfficialPaisleyPark.com for ticket information.

Thousands of music fans visit a memorial outside Paisley Park, the home and studio of Prince, on April 22, 2016 in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the day after the singer was pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive at the compound. (Photo by Scott

Thousands of music fans visit a memorial outside Paisley Park, the home and studio of Prince, on April 22, 2016 in Chanhassen, Minnesota, the day after the singer was pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive at the compound. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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