The Showtown Museum aims to recreate the glory days of the entertainment industry

£13m venue is Blackpool's first permanent museum and hopes to contribute to its regeneration. Musical theatre star Alfie Boe opens Showtown Museum in Blackpool. The £13million venue is the first permanent permanent museum in the resort town. It is also the first of its kind in the town to have a permanent museum.

Showtown museum of light entertainment adds cultural heft to the seaside resort. Blackpool is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the world, with a new museum in its heart. The resort's new museum adds cultural value to the world's most famous seaside town.

Showtown aims to recapture Blackpool's showbiz heyday. Strictly Come Dancing costumes, a Sooty puppet and Stan Laurel's hat go on display. £13m museum aims to capture Blackpool’s showbiz glory days. Showtown is the latest in a long line of attractions to be unveiled in Blackpool.