Amy Winehouse lived the latter part of her life battling alcohol and drug addiction; and struggling to get back to her music career. Her great contribution in music was overshadowed by controversies until her death in 2011.

Fans never get to know the real Amy and her intimate personality. An exhibition recently opened in London's Jewish Museum, Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait, which showcases Amy's unseen photos and personal belongings.

Fans and visitors can begin to explore Amy's Jewish roots, her home and family life; and how she became the great singer back when she was still alive.

"It's a story that people don't know about Amy, her family story," Abigail Morris, chief executive of the Jewish Museum, said. "You can forget there's a person behind the hype."

Curated by Elizabeth Shelby with the help of Amy's brother, Alex and his wife, the exhibition includes photos from her childhood, school items, Amy's first guitar, records, dresses and more.

"The more we talked the more we realized the exhibition wasn't going to be about her dresses and her clothes," Selby said. "It's about her roots and her family life."

Selby further hopes that visitors would "come away with a sense of her as someone with a depth to her - much more than she was presented in the press."

Amy Winehouse: A Family portrait opened on June 3 and will run until September 15 at the Jewish Museum in London.