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The Museum of Pop Culture (or MoPOP) is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the U.S. and internationally.
Washington, D.C., is an important center for indie culture and music. Ian MacKaye founded the label Dischord Records, which is one of the most important independent labels created for 1980s punk and eventually indie rock in the 1990s. [21] TeenBeat Records and Simple Machines are other indie labels created in Washington, D.C.
2018. Dedicated to. Chris Cornell. A bronze sculpture depicting late Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell (called Chris Cornell in Performance) [1] is installed outside Seattle 's Museum of Pop Culture, in the U.S. state of Washington. The statue was created by sculptor and special effects artist Nick Marra. It was first displayed to the public ...
December 8, 2016. The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues.
Bead Museum, closed December 2008, [8] Black Fashion Museum, founded 1979, moved to Washington in 1994, closed in 2007 and collection donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture [9][10] Corcoran Gallery of Art, open 1869–2014.
Outside the museum is a sculpture garden, featuring works by artists including Auguste Rodin, David Smith, Alexander Calder, Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy, Jeff Koons, and others. [8] Yoko Ono's Wish Tree for Washington, DC, a permanent installation in the Sculpture Garden (since 2007), now includes contributions from all over the world. [9]
The cathedral is located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. [1][2] The structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. It is the second-largest church building in the United States, [3] and the third-tallest building in Washington, D.C.
The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star-Spangled Banner.