FUEL FOR THE CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE – EMP, The Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture

It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000, as the Experience Music Project. The Museum of Pop Culture, is a nonprofit museum dedicated to contemporary popular culture. The EMP museum has organized dozens of exhibits, across the US and internationally. http://www.empmuseum.org/ For music lovers, Seattle means Nirvana. While parents discover the history of rock, children can become rock stars, with one of the educational programs of the beautiful EMP Museum.

In 1993, Nirvana began recording the album In Utero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8 The album entered the Billboard charts at number one (led by the single “Heart-Shaped Box”). http://www.empmuseum.org/at-the-museum/current-exhibits/nirvana-taking-punk-to-the-masses/ The symbol of the winged angel, became a pervasive stage element, when the band toured the US with shows featuring two of the life-sized stage prop angels. At that time, Nirvana exploded on the national music scene, transforming Seattle from a faraway backwater to the epicenter of popular music culture.

Upcoming Exhibits? For the 2017 Exhibition Schedule, the Art of Rube Goldberg opens February 11, 2017. http://www.empmuseum.org/tickets-plus-membership/buy-tickets/ The cartoonist Rube Goldberg drew unique worlds, filled with political commentary and inventive technology. Clever satirist and zany designer, the artist is best known for his invention drawings chain-reaction machines (designed to perform simple tasks). From iconic board games, to thrilling music videos, Goldberg has influenced some of the most indelible moments in pop culture.

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