The Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP, is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen founded it in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then, MoPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the U.S. and internationally.
The museum—formerly known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) and later EMP Museum until November 2016—has initiated many public programs, including “Sound Off!”, an annual 21-and-under battle-of-the-bands that supports the all-ages scene; and “Pop Conference,” a yearly gathering of academics, critics, musicians, and music buffs.
MoPOP, in collaboration with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), presents the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival every winter at Seattle Cinerama Theater. Since 2007, the MoPop has celebrated recording artists with the Founders Award for their noteworthy contributions.
Science Fiction Museum
The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame were founded by Paul Allen and his sister Jody Patton and opened to the public on June 18, 2004. It incorporated the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, established in 1996. The museum was divided into several galleries with themes such as “Homeworld,” “Fantastic Voyages,” “Brave New Worlds,” and “Them!”, each displaying related memorabilia (movie props, first editions, costumes, and models) in significant display cases, posters, and interactive displays. It was said about the museum that “From robots to jet packs to space suits and ray guns, it’s all here.”
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame were founded in 1996 by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF) at the University of Kansas (KU). Keith Stokes (1996–2001) and Robin Wayne Bailey (2002–2004) were chairmen. Only writers and editors were eligible for recognition; four were inducted annually, two deceased and two living. Each four class was announced at Kansas City’s annual science fiction convention, ConQuesT, and placed at the Campbell Conference hosted by CSSF. Bed Bug Exterminator Seattle
The Hall of Fame stopped inducting fantasy writers after 2004 when it became part of the Science Fiction Museum affiliated with the Museum of Pop Culture under the name “Science Fiction Hall of Fame.” Having inducted 36 writers in nine years, the organization began recognizing non-literary media in 2005. It retained the quota of four new members and thus reduced the annual number of writers. The 2005 and 2006 press releases placed new members in the “Literature,” “Art,” “Film, Television and Media,” and “Open” categories, one for each type. In 2007 and 2008, the fourth inductee was placed in one of the three substantial categories.
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