Pete Seeger's Banjo
On Saturday late afternoon and evening we spent 4.5 hours at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland. We could have easily spent at least another hour and only left fifteen minutes prior to them closing the doors because our parking garage was closing at the same time and was a bit of a walk. Bruce had been there twice before but not for about 16 years so there were changes since he was there. The building has seven levels and it is suggested you begin with the exhibits on the lower level. The exhibits down there are more permanent. It took a long time to see all there was to see. Bruce was mesmerized and I enjoyed strolling through the exhibits. I was especially impressed with one that was all about the various Beatle Albums and the stories behind the scenes on them. Level One is where you pay to get in and where the gift shop it. The gift shop is large and has a lot of neat stuff in it. Level Two has a lot of history about things like radio and batteries and the evolution of the various devices we listen to music on. Level Three has the cafe and also the beginnings of the hall of fame inductee exhibit. It includes a very loud and very long video and as you walk through that exhibit you end up coming out on Level Four. There is a 13 minute video on Level Four that can be watched which was excellent. It was called Artists Unite and is about the various rock concerts for charity that have taken place since the 1970s. Levels five and lix are the temporary exhibit area and the exhibit there now is called "Louder Than Words". It is about the power that music has to influence current events. This display was the best part of the exhibits to me. The exhibits were divided by presidents beginning with Eisenhower and depicted the events going on in the country during each president's time in office paired with the music of that same time frame that addressed the issues of that era. Read more about the exhibit HERE. I would highly recommend to anyone that is visiting the Cleveland Ohio area to include the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in their agenda. There was a lot of walking and the escalators are out in the open so I had to always find an elevator and occasionally find a place to sit and rest my ankle. The visual and auditory stimulation was over powering at times. It was something that my husband wanted to share with me and I am glad I went to see it. It was very much worth the admission cost and when visiting allow most of a day for this one site.
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