Museum of Pop Culture's Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Seattle, WA
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame is located within the Museum of Pop Culture and is packed with science fiction memorabilia and information about those pioneers of film and TV.
Waymark Code: WM2GXY
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2007
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame (SF-HoF) is in the same organically shaped building as the Museum of Pop Culture, at the base of the Seattle Space Needle.
Once you enter the door for the SF-HoF, you are immediately plunged into - or rather assaulted by - the world of science fiction. Perhaps because of the relatively small space allotted this set of exhibits, but the first room is crammed with things. The first room is mostly about concepts that science fiction tackled, from cloning to distopias, to cyborgs and more, and featured books, movies and other literature that were prime examples. This room also had a place where the heralded writers, movie makers, artists and publishers/producers involved in science fiction were enshrined. There is also a timeline of the evolution of science fiction.
The floor down was theme based. If you wanted all (or close to all) the phasers in Star Trek, they are there. If you wanted to hear the conversation between Robbie the Robot (Forbidden Planet) and Robot (Lost in Space), that was there. There was an exhibit of science fiction art that had a tiny sampling of what has been produced on book and magazine covers. There was also a display where you could select a starship and get its "specs."
Sample of People Enshrined (and some of my favorites): Gene Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, Ridley Scott, Allen Bradbury, Anne McCaffery, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and George Lucas.
Though I suppose that you could finish the museum in an hour or less, I think that you would be missing a lot if you went through it that fast. I think I went through it in an hour and a half.
A very interesting and worthwhile museum that will hopefully spark your imagination by the time you are done.
Hours of Operation:
Open daily 10 am - 5 pm.
Admission Prices:
$ 15 for adults, $12 for seniors, children over 4, and other discounts.
The ticket admits you to both the EMP and SF-HoF.
Hall of Fame website URL: [Web Link]
Time Required for Full Experience: A few hours
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