EMP

Museum of Pop Culture - darkometer rating : 2 - A modern museum in Seattle , USA . Until 2016 it was know under the abbreviation EMP which stood for “Experience Music Project”. Now abbreviated MoPOP, it is a specialist museum celebrating pop culture not only in its musical form, but also in film, fashion, video games, etc. You are probably wondering what such a place has to do with dark tourism. Well, admittedly the connection isn't the strongest, but here it is: the two figures especially celebrated in this museum, arguably the two biggest names in rock history to have come out of the Seattle area, are both dead: Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Furthermore, in the film part the museum boasts a special section on horror movies, and some of that is pretty dark as well. > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos What there is to see: First of all there is the building in which the museum is housed. It's a design by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry , famous e.g. for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain . The MoPOP's design is less universally appreciated. It has attracted some harsh criticism, but I must say I quite liked it in its radical garishness. Inside you are at first surrounded by a space of similarly funky design, but once upstairs in the actual exhibition galleries, the interior design does not distract from the content of the exhibitions. There are several separate sections.