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Museum of Pop Culture

The Museum of Pop Culture is a nonprofit museum in , Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@mopop.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Also known as: “EMP”, “EMP Museum”, “MoPOP”, and “MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture”
  • Historically known as: “Experience Music Project”
  • Address: 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Needle and Seattle Center Monorail.

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The is an observation tower in , Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark. is situated 450 feet southwest of Museum of Pop Culture.

Railway station
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The is an elevated straddle-beam monorail line in , Washington, United States. The 0.9-mile monorail runs along 5th Avenue between the and in , making no intermediate stops. is situated 380 feet west of Museum of Pop Culture.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena in , Washington, United States. It is located north of in the 74-acre entertainment complex known as the , the site of the 1962 World's Fair, for which it was originally developed. is situated 1,400 feet west of Museum of Pop Culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queen Anne-South Lake Union and Uptown.

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Northwest of , Queen Anne is a hilly residential neighborhood with marvelous views of the city's skyline. Magnolia, a wealthy residential neighborhood, sits on a peninsula west of Queen Anne, separated from Queen Anne by Interbay, an unexpected commercial and industrial strip in the valley between the two hilly neighborhoods.

Neighborhood
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Lower Queen Anne is a neighborhood in northwestern , Washington, at the base of . While its boundaries are not precise, the toponym usually refers to the shopping, office, and residential districts to the north and west of .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in central , Washington, so named because it is at the southern tip of . The official boundaries of the City of Seattle Urban Center are Denny Way on the south, beyond which is ; Interstate…

Museum of Pop Culture

Latitude
47.6215° or 47° 37′ 17″ north
Longitude
-122.34824° or 122° 20′ 54″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Inception
2000
Levels
4
Open location code
84VVJMC2+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161587742
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7124367
Wiki­data ID
Q1384356
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Museum of Pop Culture” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف ثقافة البوب”
  • Catalan: “Museu de Cultura Pop”
  • Catalan: “Museu de la Cultura Pop”
  • Chinese: “EMP博物館”
  • Chinese: “流行文化博物館”
  • Chinese: “音樂體驗科幻博物館與搖滾名人堂”
  • Chinese: “體驗音樂館”
  • Czech: “Experience Music Project”
  • Czech: “Muzeum populární kultury”
  • Dutch: “Experience Music Project”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • French: “Experience Music Project de Seattle”
  • French: “Experience Music Project”
  • French: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • French: “Science Fiction Hall of Fame”
  • French: “Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame”
  • German: “EMP Museum”
  • German: “MoPOP”
  • German: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Al’adun Pop”
  • Italian: “Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame”
  • Italian: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • Japanese: “EMP ミュージアム”
  • Japanese: “EMP博物館”
  • Japanese: “SF&ファンタジーの殿堂”
  • Japanese: “SF名誉の殿堂”
  • Japanese: “ポップカルチャー博物館”
  • Japanese: “ポップカルチャー美術館”
  • Japanese: “ミュージアム・オブ・ポップカルチャー”
  • Korean: “EMP 박물관”
  • Korean: “뮤지엄 오브 팝 컬처”
  • Luxembourgish: “Experience Music Project”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Science Fiction Hall of Fame”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Science Fiction Museum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame”
  • Norwegian: “Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame”
  • Polish: “EMP Museum”
  • Polish: “EMP”
  • Polish: “MoPOP”
  • Polish: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Cultura Pop”
  • Russian: “Музей поп-культуры”
  • Slovenian: “EMP”
  • Slovenian: “MoPOP”
  • Slovenian: “Museum of Pop Culture”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Cultura Pop”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Cultura Pop”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей поп-культури”

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