'Today Show' Offers Sneak Peek Of Prince's Paisley Park Museum
Although the grand opening of Prince's Paisley Park is now up in the air (it'll only be open tomorrow, Saturday and next Thursday), at least now we have a better idea of what the museum looks like.
Al Roker traveled to Chanhassen to take a tour of Paisley Park for "Today," offering viewers a sneak peek into the Purple One's sanctuary.
Roker explores a number of different rooms: from the control room of Studio A, where Prince would record into the late hours of the night (and leave potential songs for his engineers to work on during the day) to the Purple Rain room that displays the film as well as artifacts from the movie (the script; Prince's infamous purple suit and his motorcycle; and the keyboard and guitar he plays), the entire facility looks like it offers an incredible and immense Prince experience.
Roker also talks to Angie Marchese, Paisley Park's archivist, who's responsible for all of the inventory within the museum (turns out that Prince had exactly 6,000 custom made clothes, according to Marchese).
The segment then turns over to Roker speaking with Prince's sisters, Sharon and Norrine Nelson.
"He did plan for [Paisley Park] to be a museum," Sharon said. "Everything is strategically placed, and when the fans come in they'll see that it is."
"It's truly Prince," Norrine added. "He thought all of this through. He had a vision and he finished it."
Roker also reveals that the Purple One was working on a jazz album before his death, which will be released at some point in the foreseeable future.
With the official Prince Tribute concert happening next week, it's unfortunate that Paisley Park will only be open to the public for one day. But at least if you had any doubts about the magnitude of Paisley Park, hopefully this video will make you anticipate its grand opening even more.
