METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Is Getting His Own Museum In Sweden

The late and great Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is getting his own museum in Ljungby, Sweden. The museum is a few miles south of the site where Burton was killed in a bus accident on September 27, 1986.

The Cliff Burton Museum opens on May 14 and will feature everything from pictures and tickets, to interviews and photos from photographers and first responders at the crash site. The museum will also include a stage that recreates Burton's final show with Metallica at the Solnahallen Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

"We primarily want to honor Cliff Burton, who died so tragically in the middle of his career, and talk about who he was as a person and a musician," said museum organizers in an interview with Guitar World.

"Our second main purpose is to create a meeting place for all those who seek the memorial site in the small community of Dörarp. We want to continue the fine work that the fans started when they started raising funds to make Cliff's memorial stone."