I had a great deal of fun at the Museum of Pop Cul...

I had a great deal of fun at the Museum of Pop Culture, MoPop the past weekend! MoPop is one of those museums that is located at the Seattle Center which is always a bustling place!
The outside of the museum kind of has a purple glaze to it. You especially notice it if you come in on the monorail since obviously it goes under the museum. I think that feature could very well be a tribute to Jimi Hendrix there.
The museum is huge and seems to be divided into two entertainment mediums there. One side of the museum is mostly devoted to music and musicians and instruments while another part has a large nod to movie genres with literature also inserted in between.
I loved how the exhibits were broken up into genres on the more filmesque side of the place. There was a horror, fantasy and a sci fi exhibit. In addition to that there was a temporary Star Trek exhibit which was the main reason why we came. That was a lot of fun and probably the most entertaining of the exhibits on that side. Second place goes to the horror exhibit. I love how they play infamous horror films in the middle of the room, the display that had a more intellectual approach to various monsters and other kinds of creatures that have become staples in horror was also quite fascinating.I also liked the shadow screen here which distorted your shadow into all kinds of odd shapes.
The music side I enjoyed a great deal as well. I love the huge outpouring of instruments from a sculpture in that section, the Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana exhibits also were informative and nostalgic for me. An homage to my younger years. Aside from that be sure to go to the sound lab up the stairs from the Nirvana display and play various instruments! It's a lot of fun!
The gift shops I loved! I liked the film and tv section gift shops a great deal but I think my favorite one was the music gift shop with vinyl and CD's from all of your favorite grunge bands as well as a very impressive t-shirt selection for the museum itself and various t-shirts by musicians.
While all the displays had significant depth to them in content they still had very broad strokes to the long, rich history to films, tv shows, literature, instruments and music. I was impressed with the depth on the Nirvana exhibit though but that is easier to do since the focus is on a single band rather than the history of an entire medium. Also the Star Trek detail was pretty decent. The timeline display for the movies and tv shows for that exhibit was very useful.

There are smaller areas for other pop mediums at the museum as well like a gamers display where you can play all kinds of games. It is extremely popular there and tough to get a chance to play anything and a sports display, devoted to football with an emphasis on the Seattle Seahawks.

So my friends and I spent about three hours here. There is a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the museum as well so you can make even longer of a day than we did...and we did not move all that fast either. MoPop is a great place to spend a day at!