If you’ve ever wanted to picture the everyday life of Jimi Hendrix in London — the dry cleaning tickets for those incredible clothes, the unpaid phone bills, the invoices for the gear that shaped his sound — you’re about to get the chance. Handel Hendrix House, the Mayfair museum that was once home to both George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix, opens a new permanent display of previously unseen archive material on Friday 19 June 2026. Entry is included in the admission price.
The documents come from the corporate records of Anim Records, the company that managed The Jimi Hendrix Experience as well as other acts including The Animals. While Anim founder Mike Jeffrey was officially Hendrix’s manager, the day-to-day affairs of Hendrix and the bands were looked after by Patricia ‘Trixie’ Sullivan — then in her twenties, and forging a remarkable career across music, entertainment and fashion through the swinging sixties and beyond, blazing a trail for other women to follow.
A window into Jimi’s London life
The newly displayed material is the sort of paperwork that rarely survives — and that brings a legend startlingly close. Visitors will see everything from dry cleaning tickets and unpaid bills for the two phones in his flat to invoices for the music equipment that helped shape his trailblazing sound. There are also extracts from Trixie’s 1960s diaries, full of gigs, late nights and parties.
Through these previously unseen materials, visitors to the museum will be able to picture the everyday life of Jimi Hendrix… these documents are rare survivals that bring us closer to Jimi’s life in London both on and off stage. Visitors will also be able to read extracts of Trixie’s 60s diaries, in which stories of gigs, late nights and parties dance off the page.
Isabel Deards, Handel Hendrix House Project Archivist
The items were recently acquired by Handel Hendrix House with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to money raised by National Lottery players. The archive goes on display in an exhibition that sets Jimi’s life in London in context, after which visitors can explore the meticulously recreated bedroom of the flat he shared with Kathy Etchingham. The project will also create a digital catalogue of the collection, accessible online.
Two musical giants, one address
It remains one of London’s most delightful coincidences. Handel lived at 25 Brook Street from 1723 until his death in 1759, composing his greatest works there — including Messiah and its famous ‘Hallelujah’ chorus, and ‘Zadok the Priest’, which has accompanied the coronation of every British monarch since George II, including King Charles III. More than two centuries later, in 1968, Jimi Hendrix moved into the adjoining flat at number 23 — the only place, he said, where he felt truly at home, and where he entertained, inspired and collaborated with fellow icons of British 60s rock.
The museum recently completed a £3 million project to open all of Handel’s house to the public for the first time, faithfully recreating his basement kitchen and ground-floor parlours and restoring the front façade so visitors can finally enter through Handel’s own front door. Hendrix’s flat, restored and opened in 2016, now lets visitors walk up and down the very stairs where George Harrison once had to step over one of Jimi’s guests who had passed out en route to the exit — alongside a new film, with sound by Bang & Olufsen, exploring Hendrix’s guitar technique and lasting influence.
Visiting
The ‘Hendrix in London’ display opens on Friday 19 June 2026 at Handel Hendrix House, 25 Brook Street, Mayfair. The house is open Wednesday to Sunday, 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00). Tickets are £14.50 for adults, £10.50 for students and free for under-12s, available in advance at handelhendrix.org or on the day. Nearest Tube: Bond Street.
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