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David Bowie Archives Gifted to London Museum

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Costumes, lyrics, and photos are among the 80,000 items going to a new center at the Victoria & Albert.

British singer David Bowie performs
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David Bowie’s archives—80,000 items from his Ziggy Stardust costume to handwritten lyrics—are going to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, which is opening a new center dedicated to the rock star. The David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts is slated to open in 2025 and the artifacts will be made public to fans and researchers, the Associated Press reported. British-born Bowie died in New York City of cancer in 2016 at the age of 69.

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