EMP Museum

When we were in Seattle recently, we went to the EMP Museum.  EMP stands for "Experience Music Project". The museum is dedicated to the history and exploration of popular music and science fiction; the building is located on the campus of the Seattle Center, site of the 1962 World's Fair. It was designed by Frank Gehry.

The experience was pretty awesome.  I would like to go back someday, just by myself so that I could spend the whole day there, moving at my own pace.  My daughter and her family, including 2 grandkids were along, so I was not afforded the opportunity to linger when I wanted to.

Some of the high points:  a terrific Jimi Hendrix exhibit that was well worth the whole trip (remember, Jimi was from Seattle); a really fascinating exhibit of women in rock, pop, and country, which included  displays of actual dresses or outfits that they performed in (a lot of them were really tiny, the smallest being the dress that Brenda Lee wore on the Ed Sullivan show); a 70 foot high sculpture made up entirely of guitars all fastened together [See pictures below – they bar flash photography so the pictures are a bit blurry]; a big-screen movie room with awesome sound, which showed performances of a multitude of cool artists.  A true highlight there was the Michael Jackson “Thriller” video, on the huge screen with killer audio cranked up high – man, I forgot how good that actually was. You can read all about the museum on its website, here.  

The guitar sculpture from first floor

The guitar sculpture rising up into the third floor.  It is a tall piece of work for sure.