Bob Marley Museum, Music museum in Kingston, Jamaica
The Bob Marley Museum occupies the house at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, where Bob Marley lived and where Tuff Gong records was based. The pale wooden house with a steep central gable, red-tiled roof and red-shuttered window stands behind a fence of alternating white and faded red stripes, with a small planted yard in front.
The house at 56 Hope Road housed Tuff Gong, the record label The Wailers founded in 1970. In 1976 it was the site of a failed assassination attempt on Bob Marley. After his death, his widow Rita Marley converted it into a museum in 1986; Sharon Marley served as curator from 1986 to 1988.
The address gave its name to "56 Hope Road", a 2003 song by Sugar Ray featuring Shaggy, and to a Chicago band. Inside, visitors see the former Tuff Gong label headquarters, founded by The Wailers in 1970, and the room linked to the 1976 assassination attempt.
The museum is at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, not in Saint Andrew. Tours of the house and its displays are guided, so allow time for the full walk-through rather than a quick look. The entrance is through the fenced yard, where the striped fence and planted front garden are visible before you reach the house.
The address gave its name to "56 Hope Road", a 2003 song by Sugar Ray featuring Shaggy. A Chicago band also calls itself 56 Hope Road after the site. The number is part of reggae's map of Kingston.
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