Roy Orbison Museum — Attraction in Wink

Wow! This museum was awesome!

I called to Debbie and she could came to the place after few minutes! At the window there is other volunteers numbers, if some one do not have time?

Debbie told good history from Roy. Starting from his young age. I am not showing pictures here, you got to go there if interested. But ofcource there was that sad accident, were Roys first wife Claudette died😭

And yes, she told the burying place too and it is at Westwood Village Memorial park! An unmarked grave, please make marking to maps if some one nows better?

And then I saw something extra rare! Signatures from Beatles band! Song writer Carl Perkings gaved that present to Roy.

And I left my only Finland flag there as present too and I attacted a greeting poster there too: Fan with greetings from Finland: Henri😊

And I did not know that; I was only visitor from Finland! Leaving flag there was like a singh from God! Like from sing; Only the lonely😊 Maybe not need to be lonely long time any more😊

And Debbie gaved Roys sunclasses for taking a foto with "paper" Roy, what a great foto...

Apparently, Google is listing this as "Permanently Closed" that is not true, I called the Wink, Texas City Hall and was advised that all I had to do was call one of the numbers on the notice on the door and that someone would come and open it up for a tour. Will be there tomorrow (August 5, 2022) and will update

Update: We arrived around noon and called Barbara who came in a very short amount of time. As a long time fan of Roy Orbison since the 60's this was on my bucket list.

This is a small building but Barbara gave us an excellent tour and is very knowledgeable about Orbison time in Wink.

If you're an Orbison fan it's well worth the visit, they have a pair of Orbison's sunglasses donated by his wife.

A map in the museum has pins representing visitors from all over the world. I was particularly impressed with the representation from the country of my birth - England.

This museum is open on a call basis, just call one of the numbers...

Having driven 400 miles from Fort Worth to Wink on a Friday afternoon. We thought that the museum was closed, but on the door was a list of names with phone numbers. As we didn't have cellphone, being from the UK, we sat in the car trying to use a tablet, when a car pulled up behind us. A lady got out and started to walk towards our car, it happened to be Barbara whose name I had seen in a previous review. Having lowered the driver's window, she asked if we wished to go into the museum. She told us that she was on her way home from work, and if a parked car was outside the museum, she always stopped to check. The museum is housed in one room with quite a large number of exhibits, the pièce de résistance is a pair of Roy's prescription sunglasses which she allowed my wife and I to try on. What a great honor. Thank you, Barbara, for making our visit so wonderful. You are a...