Questions and answers about famous houses

[Sira]

IS GRACELAND CLOSING?
No. Absolutely not.
Graceland opened to the public in 1982. Every year or every few months or so since then, some tabloid writer or other mischief maker somewhere in the world has invented a story saying that Graceland will be closing. Sometimes these stories find their way into more mainstream news media in some countries. The stories tend to say that the reason for the closing is that Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa is moving into Graceland or that she is selling it.
Closing or selling Graceland has never been a consideration. Any stories to the contrary are pure fiction. Graceland will be open for generations to come.


WHY DOES THE GRACELAND MANSION TOUR NOT INCLUDE THE UPSTAIRS AREA (Elvis’ bedroom, bath, office and wardrobe room, Lisa Marie’s nursery, etc.)?
Tours of the upstairs have not been available up to now and won't be in the foreseeable future. The part of Graceland we show the world on our tour is the part that Elvis showed anyone who visited him at Graceland. The upstairs was his private area. When Graceland opened, Priscilla and Lisa felt that the upstairs should remain private, that letting everyone go up there would be disrespectful and inappropriate - something the rest of our management wholeheartedly agrees with. Along with these personal feelings is the matter of logistics. With our volume of visitorship we would be required to put in an extra staircase as an exit, we'd have to do some remodeling upstairs as the hallway connecting the rooms is not large enough to accommodate crowds. This would radically alter the house and no one wants to do that. The issue of privacy and respect is also the reason that we do not publish photographs of the upstairs area. However, we do bring items from upstairs into our exhibits.

WHAT WE CAN DO IN 10 DOWNING STREET?
You can visit it. You can take a tour around Number 10, viewing the Cabinet Room, the famous staircase and State Rooms. You can also watch films on the history of Downing Street and past Prime Ministers.

We also explain how green number 10 Downing Street is by outlining the measures we take here to protect the environment.

[xose manuel]

1 Who was the first prime minister which lived at 10 downing street?

2. In the white house gardens planting conmemorative trees. How many trees conmemoratives are actually?

3. What day is the Elvis bisthday?