Cleveland Rocks

We lived in the backyard of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for years, but this was the first time we've ever visited.  It was a lot of fun to see familiar items up close.  No photos are allowed inside the museum, so I wasn't able to take snaps of my favorite displays--The Beatles (of course), Jimi Hendrix's childhood drawings, hand written lyrics torn from notebooks from various artists (Hendrix, Beatles, Billy Joel to name a few) It was fun to see the familiar costumes from Elvis and Stephen Stills, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Sting and Joni Mitchell.  (Mick is TINY!)  I didn't count the guitars, but there must've been hundreds. My favorite was James Taylor's first guitar, a small home made looking thing that his brother painted robin's egg blue (without his knowledge--he never played it again). 

The building itself is amazing.  It was designed by architect, I. M. Pei and is located right on the Lakefront near the new Browns stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center (a really great museum!) and not far from the Cleveland Museum of Art and Jacobs Field Progressive Field.  Cleveland is a great town with lots to do!  It's worth a visit!

Johnny Cash's Tour Bus parked in front.

Browns Stadium

Taken inside the lobby--the only place you could take pictures.

Even Sam, who prefers instrumental and orchestral music and who does NOT like rock and roll, had fun!

Comments

[heidi]

You know I really should go there. I've never made it a huge priority- but it does seem strange that I'll go to NYC just to go t the Cloister's - and never go to a museum right next door. Thanks for sharing the good time, Kim!

[Jill]

I've never been to Cleveland....Cincinnati on several random occasions, but never Cleveland.

You have nice looking boys, Kim.

XO

[Jay]

Wow, that IS a beautiful building! Very nice indeed!

Pity you couldn't take pictures inside, but I think that's pretty much par for the course these days, isn't it?

Are those your handsome boys? I have two boys as well - both grown up and left home now, though.

[The Arthur Clan]

That picture of the building is gorgeous Kim! I love them all, but that one really spoke to me. Hope you had a great visit!

Angie in OH