MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture
MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture is a museum in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 35 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chris Cornell in Performance, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 1.2 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Pop Culture (or MOPOP) is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen 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, Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (or 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", an annual 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 which takes place every winter. Since 2007, the MOPOP celebrates recording artists with the Founders Award for their noteworthy contributions.
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Dates from 2004.
Wikidata Q1384356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000
- Elevation
- 35 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 1.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 1.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 2.3 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 1 mi
- East Portal View · 3 mi
- Viewing Platform · 6 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chris Cornell in Performance: 0.0 mi
- Typewriter Eraser, Scale X: 0.0 mi
- Grass Blades: 0.0 mi
- Moses: 0.1 mi
- Black Lightning: 0.1 mi
- Space Needle: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Center: 0.2 mi
- International Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Seattle Glassblowing Studio: 0.5 mi
- Argosy Cruises - Lake Union: 0.6 mi
- The First Commercial Monorail in America: 0.1 mi
- Kobe Friendship Bell: 0.2 mi
- Al Rochester's Podium: 0.2 mi
- August Wilson Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Mark A. Matthews: 0.4 mi
- Gates Foundation Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- Chihuly Garden and Glass: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Children's Museum: 0.1 mi
- Pacific Science Center: 0.2 mi
- Museum of History and Industry: 0.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
- Poetry Garden: 0.2 mi
- Neototems Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Tilikum Place: 0.2 mi
- Growing Vine Street Headwaters Park: 0.2 mi
- Denny Park: 0.4 mi
- Ward Springs Park: 0.4 mi
- Counterbalance Park: 0.5 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.5 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 4.0 mi
- Camp Long: 4.5 mi
- Waldo Woods: 5.1 mi
- Bartonwood Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- Bay Street End: 0.6 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 0.6 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 0.6 mi
- West Thomas Street End: 0.7 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 1.5 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 0.7 mi
- First Hill: 1.6 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.8 mi
- Magnolia: 2.8 mi
- Shelter #1: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 6.1 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 6.3 mi
- Quarters A: 4.9 mi
- Quarters B: 4.9 mi
- West Point Light: 4.9 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
- Oil House: 16.2 mi
- Waterwall: 7.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 11.7 mi
- Far Country Falls: 12.4 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Doughty Falls: 13.2 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.5 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Scatchet Head: 20.5 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.0 mi
- Licton Springs: 5.4 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 116° | 913 m | 20.8 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 115° | 891 m | 19.2 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 115° | 841 m | 18.6 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 118° | 795 m | 20.0 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 118° | 792 m | 24.1 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 114° | 770 m | 18.3 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 121° | 629 m | 21.2 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain | ESE 122° | 619 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/161587742
Day trips start here
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 0 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle · 2 mi
- Seattle/Fremont · 2 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
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