While we were in Seattle, we had the chance to spend Saturday with my brother Russ’s family who have moved to Seattle from Philadelphia. We decided to spend the cold, rainy day at a museum and selected MoPOP–the Museum of Pop Culture–at Seattle Center, in the foggy shadow of the Space Needle.
Most of the museum focused on music and musicians from the 80s and 90s, but those exhibits were joined by displays of the Wizard of Oz and The Princess Bride because of the widespread cultural influence those movies have had. There was also a special exhibit on Star Trek for the same reason. Unfortunately for us, the Rube Goldberg exhibit doesn’t open until February 11. It was an interesting afternoon and gave us a nice venue where we could stay warm and dry while we visited with each other.
This tower has over 700 guitars and other instruments wired together to play electronic music.
Some of the instruments in the guitar tower.
The Jimi Hendrix display required an entire room.
Star Trek, of course. Beam me up!
Ted and me and a friendly guitar.
L -> R: Russ, Nick, Betsy, Phil, Ben