Experience Music Project will open its latest exhibit, Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses, April 16. Museum officials are billing it as “the world’s most extensive Nirvana exhibit” and it includes more than 200 Nirvana artifacts ranging from candid photos to smashed guitars to Kurt Cobain’s canned meat collection.
I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the installation and not only is it an amazingly well-crafted tribute to Nirvana, it’s a fantastic documentation of the local and national underground punk and rock scenes the band came up in during the 1980s and early 90s.
I’ll write down some words about my thoughts on the exhibit and go into more detail about what to expect from Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses after it opens, until then enjoy a few photos from the exhibit and check out my interview with EMPSFM’s Jacob McMurray who curated the exhibition.
Im planing on seeing this exhibit sometime later this year. I live in Canada. I’ve always wanted to see Seattle and this is the perfect time.