Once a sleepy frontier backwater, Seattle long ago exploded into a cultural capital and innovation hub.
Residents strong on creative risk-taking and supporting a diverse community.
Discover these three museums, two that chronicle the influence of immigrants and another that celebrates American pop culture.
To make creative expression a life-changing force.
The structure gleams with 3,000 panels of bright, psychedelic-hued stainless steel and aluminum shingles.
It contains as many structural elements as a 70-story skyscraper and required software invented to develop French fighter jets.
Some galleries dont have ceilings or straight walls.
Experiencing the building is kind of a fantastical journey.
No other piece of architecture in Seattle quite hits that level of strange and unique.
It feels like the perfect shell for what we do inside.
Plus, how cool is it that the [Seattle] monorail runs right through it?
But the ambitious project didnt achieve liftoff until 2000.
Were exploring topics that are part of peoples personal narratives.
Our job is not telling you whats important, but reflecting back what is.
MoPOPs take includes lighting a 33 x 60 high-definition LED screen, supported by lighting effects and world-class acoustics.
Its such a striking place, says McMurray.
We hold concerts and fashion shows there.
Events, too, like campouts.
WhenDavid Bowiepassed away, we showedLabyrinth.
People brought their sleeping bags and we had special drinks.
Others grow overwhelmed seeing their enthusiasms such as Disney costumes get taken seriously.
I kind of love that.
What better space to be in than having people passionate about your content, even if theyre pissed off?
The worst thing would be if they were just like, OK, man, whatever.
“Its a major piece of American contemporary art,” he notes, by the Seattle-based sculptor Trimpin.
Also, 18 bus routes service Seattle Center, as does the monorail.
