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Star Trek 60th Anniversary at MoPOP

The Museum of Pop Culture marks 60 years of Star Trek with a day of programming for fans of every… Read More

Tech Moves: Salesforce/Tableau exec departs; startups AIM and Gravitics add to C-suite

Teri Hatfield, Salesforce EVP and Tableau CRO, has taken a role at Iterable; Gates Foundation’s legal director has left for Arnold & Porter; and Seattle-area startups AIM and Gravitics have added to their C-suites. Read More

Paul Allen estate donates thousands of rare music, film and sci-fi artifacts to Seattle’s MoPOP

Thousands of one-of-a-kind artifacts from Paul Allen’s collection, spanning decades of cultural relevance, are headed to Seattle’s Museum of Pop… Read More

Rock on(line)! Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture building digital ‘vault’ for 80,000 collection items

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has more than 80,000 pieces in its permanent collection, comprised of such artifacts… Read More

Seattle’s MoPOP to reopen after 6-month pandemic closure, with strict guidelines in place

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle will reopen to the public on Sept. 18 with new safety measures in… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Nominations now open for our annual celebration of Pacific NW tech

Do you know a person, company or organization worthy of a GeekWire Award? Now is your chance to nominate them… Read More

Inside MoPOP’s ‘Minecraft’: Fans of hit video game will dig the creepers, crafting and more in exhibition

In the world of “Minecraft” — the best-selling video game in history — players know that they’re never supposed to… Read More

Block by block, ambitious new ‘Minecraft: The Exhibition’ will celebrate game at Seattle’s MoPOP

Are these the building blocks for museum exhibition success? The Museum of Pop Culture announced Thursday that “Minecraft: The Exhibition”… Read More

Paul Allen’s Holodome, a shared immersive reality experience, ends year-long run at Seattle’s MoPOP

Holodome has left the building. Paul Allen’s vision for shared immersive, 360-degree reality without the use of a VR headset… Read More

Paul Allen’s immersive Holodome gets interactive with new zombie-hunting game that founder tested

In the months since Vulcan, Inc., placed its Holodome inside Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, 38,000 people have stepped into… Read More

From Cinerama and MoPOP to KEXP and Upstream, Paul Allen’s cultural legacy permeates Seattle

Many will remember him as the co-founder of Microsoft, or the owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers.… Read More

The gift of grunge: Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture to receive Chris Cornell statue from singer’s family

Update, Aug. 23: In order to accommodate more fans and expected crowds, the Museum of Pop Culture has moved the… Read More

Stan Lee, J.K. Rowling among new inductees into Seattle’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame is adding to its roster with four new inductees from across the… Read More

Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture expanding beyond Seattle with location in New York City

The Museum of Pop Culture, the Seattle-based institution founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as a celebration of… Read More

VR in a social sphere: What MoPOP’s cutting-edge Holodome means for the future of shared ‘reality’

When I was a kid, I loved Disneyland for the rides. But as I grew older, I appreciated the original… Read More

TLDR: Instagram in-app payments, testing out Prime Wardrobe, Paul Allen’s immersive reality project

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Welcome to Holodome, Paul Allen’s beautiful first step into the future of shared immersive reality

When it comes to the side projects of Seattle’s richest tech titans, billions of pixels are apparently as fun to… Read More

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Inside MoPOP’s world-premiere Marvel exhibit: The human sides of heroes and their creators

If you only know Marvel from the movies, you don’t really know Marvel. That’s the sense you get when you enter… Read More

TLDR: U.S tech companies are hiring more foreign workers, Amazon reveals Prime membership numbers, Marvel at MoPOP

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Marvel’s heroic comic and film history revealed in first look inside super-sized new MoPOP exhibit

Getting lost in the worlds and history of some of your favorite comic book superheroes may have never been easier,… Read More

Marvel teases upcoming ‘Universe of Super Heroes’ exhibition at Seattle’s MoPOP with new trailer

Marvel put a little taste of its movie magic behind a new trailer on Wednesday to promote an upcoming exhibition… Read More

Bam! Pow! MoPOP! Seattle museum to feature huge new exhibition, ‘Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes’

The largest exhibition ever staged at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture will feature hundreds of original artifacts and much more as… Read More

Watch: Creepy cosplayer dressed as Sadako from ‘The Ring’ spooks MoPOP visitors in Seattle

Nope. I wouldn’t have gotten in the elevator either. Visitors and staff at the Museum of Pop Culture were clearly… Read More

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Hey, obsessed pop culture fan: You may have something museums want

Those science-fiction film lobby cards you rescued from the back of a movie theater about to shutter? That dusty prop… Read More

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Preserving the future: How MoPOP protects and presents our ever-changing popular culture

There can be magic in an object that represents a beloved memory or moment. But, as with any pursuit of… Read More

Geek of the Week: MoPOP senior curator Jacob McMurray turns his geeky passions into life’s work

When Jacob McMurray first went to work in 1994 on the initial development of Paul Allen’s dream for a music… Read More

Photos: Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and more cool artifacts in MoPOP’s Sci-Fi Hall of Fame exhibit

Items that were worn, handled, scribbled in and typed on during the creation of some of the most iconic science fiction… Read More

MoPOP’s Sci-Fi Hall of Fame inducting ‘X-Files,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ Leonard Nimoy and more

Some of the masters and masterpieces of science fiction are being honored with induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy… Read More

First a name change, and now Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture is going to get a new leader

On the heels of another major name change, Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture is also getting a change in… Read More

Meet MoPOP: Paul Allen’s EMP Museum changes name to Museum of Pop Culture

Update: The museum shared a news release about the name change late Tuesday. This story has been updated to reflect… Read More