The place is small in size, though has quite a bit of content. Surprised especially they had an exhibit on Richard Garfield, one of my heroes. Ironically, the boated about having some of hours original cats on display. Most of their "original display" were not even 10 years old, others were from 96 (original 93-94). They also had many a blatant lie/misrepresentation on other displays like nirvana, the adventure section, and science fiction. It's a good look but not a good learning experience.
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As a musician and cinephile, I was completely anamored with this place. There are many props and costumes from a lot of famous movies. The Cohbain and Hendrix exhibits contain some amazing artifacts from these legendary musicians. The sculpture with all the instruments was fascinating. The top floor by far was my favorite spot with instruments to play and jam rooms to rock out in. The $28 admission is well worth the price. Look to spend at least 2 or 3 hours there.
Smaller exhibits but they have some really cool an varried spaces! Music, sci-fi, fantasy, and some great temporary exhibits too. Can easily kill a few hours here.
Best part is the Seahawks room with Superbowl items. The horror exhibit felt a bit underwelming... not enough about the most famous horror movies. Same with sci-fi...where's the storm trooper? The fake stage exhibit was closed as well. Also the Nirvana room was decent, and we liked some of the experience music rooms upstairs.
Pretty sweet music sections. Loved the scifi and fantasy sections. They somehow knew a MN guy was coming and had a huge Prince exhibit! Top notch service!
This is an outstanding place to bring your family or your neighbor hood friendly nerds and geeks or music lovers! I personally loved everything, but if I had to pick my favorite part, it would be all the props from all the movies( after all ot is called a pop culture museum)! Also loved going to the playground with my 9 year old! The architectural design of the playground it self is amazing, you will never ever find anywhere in the world as tall as this playground, standing 8 meters high! In conclusion, I will visit the museum again when I will be visiting Seattle again. Also, as a bonus tip for all you minecraft fans, come visit the museum on October 19th for the offical FIRST EVER MINECRAFT EXIBITION!
Really awesome exhibits and nice layout, good amount of things to look at, listen to, and even play. However, there was a disappointing amount of electronic things that were broken in some way that seriously hurt the experience.
Very cool place. They have something for everybody. I didn't think I would like the horror exhibit and really enjoyed it. Nirvana exhibit is really cool. All the guitars on display is just too cool.
MoPOP is home to exhibits, interactive activity stations, sound sculpture, and various educational resources. A 140,000-square-foot (13,000 m2) building, designed by Frank O. Gehry, that houses several galleries and the Sky Church, which features a Barco C7 black package LED screen, one of the largest indoor LED screens in the world. Exhibits that cover pop culture, from the art of fantasy, horror cinema, and video games to science fiction literature and costumes from screen and stage. Interactive activities included in galleries like Sound Lab and On Stage where visitors can explore hands-on the tools of rock and roll through instruments, and perform music before a virtual audience. IF VI WAS IX, a guitar sculpture consisting of more than 500 musical instruments and 30 computers conceived by UK exhibit designer Neal Potter and developed by sound sculptor Trimpin. The largest collections in the world of artifacts, hand-written lyrics, personal instruments, and original photographs celebrating the music and history of Seattle musicians Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix. Educational resources including MoPOP's Curriculum Connections in-museum workshops and outreach programs; STAR (Student Training in Artistic Reach); Creativity Camps for Kids; Teen Artist Workshops; Write Out of This World, an annual sci-fi and fantasy short story contest for 3rd to 12th graders; and the Hip-Hop Artist Residency. Public programs such as MoPOP's Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, Pop Conference, the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), and Sound Off! the Northwest's premier battle-of-the-bands. MoPOP was the site of the concert and demo program of the first NIME workshop, which subsequently became the annual International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, a leading venue for cutting edge research on music technology.
Very cool museum, with some issues. Over half of the Indie Games were too laggy or did not load. The instrument sculpture, while beautiful, is ruined by the loud music from the headphones by a placard (you can't turn down the headphone's volume). The photo booth in the Scared to Death exhibit is boring and takes too long. The instruments in the Sound Lab do not work very well. Often they will stop working for ~30 seconds every couple minutes. The virtual instruments don't seem to work at all, or else you can't hear them over the prerecorded beat. We were also disappointed by the David Bowie "exhibit" which was really just a small photo gallery.
Nice museum We went there when it was exhibiting Marvel superheros. It was good experience but I guess the experience heavily depends on what their special exhibition is. Do checkout their website before visiting
It's alright. A few interesting things to see. It is well organized. I just think I have better things to do for $30. Definitely not easily affordable or recommended for families with younger kids.
This was a great museum to visit. My kids normally don t care for museums. They see an object for a second and want to move on. This museum has something interesting for the whole family. My wife enjoyed the Pearl Jam exhibit. My son enjoyed the horror section. And I loved seeing the Doctor Who section. My daughter fell in love with the entire museum. When in Seattle this is a must see.
It is mainly about the museum of Rock. There are many experience facilities that can be beaten and beaten. It is very suitable for a family to bring children to play!
Too much to take in for 1 day. I would highly recommend picking out maybe 2 or 3 exhibits, and dedicating about 3 hours to those. I wouldn't really want to spend an entire day there, but it's worth the visit, especially if you are using CityPass.
A really fun museum a short distance from the space needle. About half is dedicated to music, and the other half sci-fi and fantasy. There are also two gift shops and a restaurant/bar. I especially enjoyed the movie memorabilia from Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Star Trek. The big screen with music videos is also an entertaining place to sit and rest a bit. Plan on about 2 to 2.5 hours to see it all.
This museum dedicated to popular culture is extremely eclectic, but you find pieces as interesting as the Terminator robot or the jacket that Kurt Cobain wore on the MTV Umplegged. The exterior architecture, by Gehry, takes us back to similar buildings around the world such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or the Disney Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Learn to play instruments. Some areas need updating. The marvel exhibition was fun. Expect queues for the fun stuff though such as learning to play the drums or jamming sessions. A lot of walking up and down stairs unless you find the correct elevators.
Well worth a visit if for no other reason than the incredible building in which the museum is housed. It's stunning. Special and permanent exhibits to keep you engaged for a few hours. The special exhibit on Nirvana was a highlight, accentuated by curated play lists of the other bands operating in Washington State in the 90s. The indie video game exhibit was filled with screaming (yes, screaming) kids. They were having a blast but it did detract from the experience, a bit.
First saw this building in 2013. Did not go in. Thought I would go in this time but that did not happen since we only had about half an hour to tour the museum until it closed. I did not think that was worth the price of admission. We did eat at the restaurant though and had delicious salmon sandwiches. Being in the restaurant allowed me to see enough of the layout of the building to satisfy my curiosity. We took the monorail and zoomed through an archway of the Museum of pop culture. This way we got a real close up look at the aluminum pieces that form the building.
Really awesome experience, they've revamped the place and have a huge selection of movie props. It's totally different from how it was a few years ago! Like an entirely new museum
Great collaboration of highlights of music, different film genres, art, fashion. The sound lab upstairs is a must for aspiring musicians to play with different instruments.
You definitely need to visit this place more than once. There's so many things to see wheather it's music, sci-fi, sports. It was worth the membership.
See you when I saw this place is way way way way back in the day it was because I was standing on top of the Seattle space needle and looking down this is back in the day when it was called the rock n roll Hall of Fame I really wonder what this place has it now either way pop culture rock n roll are all kind of intertwined together when you really think about it
It was a fantastic experience all around. There are many different exhibits and multiple floors with different themes. I m a huge Pearl Jam fan, so their permanent exhibit was worth the price of admission. Just about everything from the architecture to the movie props are worth a visit, even if it s out of your way. If there was a bit more interactive exhibits this would probably be a 5 star rating, but it barely fell short.
Awesome and unique experience, the highlight for us was the icons of science & fiction exhibit. The rest of the exhibits were great too. We purchased the audio guide and enjoyed it. It took us some time to match the numbers with the location we were supposed to be, so that could use some improvement, but it added insights into the exhibits we would have otherwise missed.
Place is way overrated for what it has. Would be worth visiting for the third of the admission price as the place does have some interesting artifacts, fun activities (I liked the sound lab the most) and, I admit, it might be a super cool place if you are big fan of certain artists or genres (or if you are an artistic type yourself). For the regular guy it just doesn't have much of the interesting content for the price you have to pay to get here.
It was pretty expensive but worth the money if you happen to be in the area. The exhibits were great. We probably could have spent more time there if my littles hadn't been exhausted from some of the other attractions in the area. The little ones just weren't as interested in some if the exhibits as i was. There we're several exhibits that they loved though making this a great place for families. If you can plan an outing that includes The seattle childrens museum and artists at play playground as well. All around fun for the kids. And all close ti each other.
I attempted to visit today 5/11/19. The website to buy tickets was incredibly slow. I attempted to buy tickets at the museum. There were only 2 couples in front of me but there was apparently a second line that I did not realize. That second line was taken first and it was incredibly slow. After I waited entirely too long I just left. Maybe some time I will be able to visit again.
Brought my niece here to learn about the history of American music. She couldn't care less. But that's ok because she loved the fantasy exhibit with real props from the wizard of oz, the Lord of the rings and the princess bride. And I got to see the real suit Robin Williams wore for Mork & Mindy! Plus Peter Fonda's bike from easy rider is the first thing you see when you walk in! Totally worth it. Go!
Great place to be! Especially if you love Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, it's centres around these two artist, with their collection, history & instruments. You also have Stan Lee comics collection. History of comics and how the marvel characters evolved.
What a place! I loved every second of my visit and if I lived in the area I would get a membership pass because it was such a great atmosphere to be in. If you love music and pop-culture, it's worth every penny!
Interesting idea. Lots of pop culture memorabilia here. Well, it's mostly nerd culture more than pop culture. Fantasy, comics, sci fi, horror. Some rock and roll but not enough.
Too crowded. Poor guidance and customer service was non-existant. Definitely more of an event specific exhibit than overall pop culture museum. Pretty disappointed in how small the range of scope was.
Do the City Pass to save $. The basement exhibition on fantasy, sci-fi & horror films & props was excellent to see. The main floor & upstairs on history of rock & roll can get a little dull. You can see most everything within hour & half.
EMP is a great place to spend a few hours. The Nirvana exhibit is outstanding as is the hall of guitars, Sci-Fi and Horror exhibits. Spend a few minutes in the Sky Church watching videos or some Sci-Fi shorts.
Great little museum you can comfortably go through in under 2 hours. It's full of pop culture items from legitimate props from sci-fi, horror, and fantasy movies to replicas.
Half the museum is dedicated to film and TV properties and half is dedicated to music and music icons. They also have a few exhibits that change out every few months, and depending on when you go they can be worth checking out too.
It's a great way to spend a weekend afternoon if you love pop culture and have a day with friends available.
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