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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. The museum, which used to be known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) 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.
When in downtown Seattle you may notice a strange rail over your head if you head down Fifth. The Monorail was built for the Century 21 Worlds Fair in 1962 and still operates today with it's 'fleet' of two. Here it passes through the massive MoPop (formerly EMP) which was built around the rail. 2 million people still ride this thing to take them to the downtown shopping about one mile away. :-)
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. The museum, which used to be known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) 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.
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. The museum, which used to be known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) 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.
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I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the monorail running right through the Gehry building.. :-)
Seattle Center Monorail was the world's first full-scale commercial monorail system and is a beloved landmark. It provides a fun, quick and convenient link between downtown Seattle and Seattle Center (home to the Space Needle , MoPOP , Chihuly Gardens etc..)
The building also houses a museum which is dedicated to science fiction, pop music and pop culture. It was designed by Frank Gehry and is located in the art and entertainment area called Seattle Center and near the Space Needle. The construction was largely financed by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. The building was opened in 2000 and was intended as a counterpart to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Century 21 Exposition was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington. The fair was originally conceived in 1955 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, but it soon became clear that that date was too ambitious. With the Space Race underway and Boeing having "put Seattle on the map" as "an aerospace city", a major theme of the fair was to show that "the United States was not really 'behind' the Soviet Union in the realms of science and space". As a result, the themes of space, science, and the future completely trumped the earlier conception of a "Festival of the [American] West".
MoPOP - Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle Washington.
Sometimes I photograph cities - On the off chance that I find myself in one.
The Needle is 184m high, observation and restaurant tower opened for the World's Fair in April 1962
The first with a revolving restaurant in North America.
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), opened in 2000, is a museum for popular music in Seattle.
It is located on the Seattle Center campus next to the city's landmark, the Space Needle.
The Needle is 184m high, observation and restaurant tower opened for the World's Fair in April 1962
The first with a revolving restaurant in North America.
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), opened in 2000, is a museum for popular music in Seattle.
It is located on the Seattle Center campus next to the city's landmark, the Space Needle.
août 2018
Seattle, Seattle Center : Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP or EMP, founded by Microsoft
(Frank Gehry, 2000)
Trapped... Like a rat...Time is running out. The only way to go... is up.
Having some fun at the MoPOP museum in Seattle.
Designed by architect Frank Gehry, it is reminiscent of other buildings by the architect, such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
2000, Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) for popular music opened.
Located on the Seattle Center campus next to the city's landmark, the Space Needle.
Le Museum of Pop Culture, ou MoPOP, connu sous le nom d'Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) jusqu'en 2016, est un centre culturel, salle de concert, musée interactif du rock 'n' roll, de même qu'un musée de science-fiction, situé au Seattle Center (parc d'activités culturelles de Seattle) aux États-Unis. Il a été conçu par le célèbre architecte Frank Gehry et financé par le milliardaire américain Paul Allen (cofondateur de Microsoft).
Pour concevoir ce bâtiment design, de forme « abstraite hors du commun et unique au monde », Frank Gehry s'est inspiré d'une guitare électrique qu'il a décomposée en plusieurs morceaux, en souvenir de Jimi Hendrix qui détruisait ses instruments pendant ses concerts. Il s'est servi de cette base pour la retravailler ensuite avec un logiciel de conception assistée par ordinateur de Dassault Aviation (CAO) CATIA.
La peau de l'édifice est constituée de plus de 4 000 panneaux d'acier inoxydable ou aluminium découpés individuellement (pas deux identiques) et mis en forme par ordinateur, colorés en or et argent dans des bains d'acide chargés électriquement. L'aluminium est peint en rouge et bleu clair, le « Sky Church » est pourpre et le « Madonna Wall » or.
Source : Wikipédia.
The museum of pop culture or MoPOP is located in Seattle center and is definitely fun to photograph. There are all kinds of angles and colors to make for some pretty neat photos
"Evolution is a light illuminating all facts, a curve that all lines must follow." -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
A look at a monorail track running through the "Mo Pop" abstract building in Seattle, WA.
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This is one of those shots that turns into a a shot but shouldn't have! LOL
My husband was driving and we were at a stop light next to Seattle Center and I looked over to see this view.
The lines, shapes, color, light and shadows was just delicious, I took a shot right through the windshield!
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As a high-flying red-tailed hawk glides past, Seattle’s MoPop (Museum Of Pop Culture) glistens in streams of falling rain, adding a vibrant splash of color to a grey Seattle day. Sony A7R3 with Nikon manual focus 24mm f/2 AIS lens.
Le Museum of Pop Culture, ou MoPOP, connu sous le nom d'Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) jusqu'en 2016, est un centre culturel, salle de concert, musée interactif du rock 'n' roll, de même qu'un musée de science-fiction, situé au Seattle Center (parc d'activités culturelles de Seattle) aux États-Unis. Il a été conçu par le célèbre architecte Frank Gehry et financé par le milliardaire américain Paul Allen (cofondateur de Microsoft).
Pour concevoir ce bâtiment design, de forme « abstraite hors du commun et unique au monde », Frank Gehry s'est inspiré d'une guitare électrique qu'il a décomposée en plusieurs morceaux, en souvenir de Jimi Hendrix qui détruisait ses instruments pendant ses concerts. Il s'est servi de cette base pour la retravailler ensuite avec un logiciel de conception assistée par ordinateur de Dassault Aviation (CAO) CATIA.
La peau de l'édifice est constituée de plus de 4 000 panneaux d'acier inoxydable ou aluminium découpés individuellement (pas deux identiques) et mis en forme par ordinateur, colorés en or et argent dans des bains d'acide chargés électriquement. L'aluminium est peint en rouge et bleu clair, le « Sky Church » est pourpre et le « Madonna Wall » or.
Source : Wikipédia.