A light appears behind the wooden model of his childhood house, standing 2ft high on a painted grey area marked "Forthlin Road", illuminating a child's bedroom. Across the multicoloured floor, streaked with roads and locations resonant with Paul McCartney's life, a video plays, a long-haired Paul speaking to a crowd of students.

This is the latest addition to the Beatles Story, the exhibition of the band's career at Liverpool's Albert Docks, called The Solo Years - Paul McCartney.

"We were under pressure from fans to put more in about the Beatles after they broke up," said Jerry Goldman, director of the exhibition. The Story already has a small room at the end with a video display from the day John Lennon was assassinated. Next door is the White Room, scene of many a tearful fan, complete with white piano and Imagine playing on repeat in the background.

The new McCartney exhibition opened on Saturday. Mr Goldman said they thought hard about what to include but felt it was important to highlight the singer's work with the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), built on the site of McCartney and George Harrison's former school. "Of all the things he has done, in terms of his contribution to mankind, the fact he's helped create LIPA is an amazing gift to the world," enthused Mr Goldman.

The room's design was the work of LIPA third year student Morgan Large. He seems quietly unfazed, although the design is his first major work and will be scrutinised by fans from across the world. "I wanted to try a different way of working," he said, "The best thing is the perspective. You have 360-degree views, so people will look at the sky and the floor, even crawl on the floor. I'm very pleased with it."

Morgan was recommended for the design after the Beatles Story approached LIPA with the idea at the start of the year. The exhibition's curator Sandra Quayle is wildly excited by the new addition to the Story. "When Morgan came down we started to speak and it felt so natural and right. It felt exciting." She provided the germ of the idea and let Mr Large take it from there. "It really all just fell into place. We've incorporated a huge amount of McCartney's work."

With the exhibition now open, visitors only need to turn left after the memorabilia room in order to immerse themselves in the world of Paul McCartney.