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“Fueling contemporary popular culture”
The Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since that time MoPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the US and internationally.The museum, which used to be known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and later EMP Museum until November 2016, has founded many public programs including Sound Off!, an annual 21 and under battle-of-the-bands that supports the all-ages scene, and Pop Conference, an annual gathering of academics, critics, musicians, and music buffs.MoPOP, in collaboration with the Seattle International Film Festival presents the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival, which takes place annually every winter at Seattle Cinerama Theater.
Located right next to the Seattle Space Needle, MoPOP has various different exhibits, grouped into various sections of the building. When you enter, the huge guitar sculpture with about 500... Read more
I have been wanting to check out MoPoP since the Laika exhibit made its debut there last year. Upon arriving the ticketing people were super friendly and fantastic. The girl inside however that... Read more
What happened to Mopop? I first went here in 2018 and it was a 5/5 star experience, lots of different exhibits to marvel at, well worth the admission fee. At the time, I had thought this was one... Read more
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