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EXHIBITS

Since 2008, the GRAMMY Museum has curated more than 100 exhibits – 30 of which have traveled to cultural institutions around the world – that spotlight some of the most important music ever created. For more information on renting one of our traveling exhibits, or when they might be in a city near you, please contact travelingexhibitions@grammymuseum.org.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... THE BEATLES!

Curated by the GRAMMY Museum, along with Fab Four Exhibits LLC, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Beatles!, explores and celebrates The Beatles’ impact on the American Experience from the fan perspective.

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    • On February 7, 1964, four lads from Liverpool, England, stepped onto American soil for the first time as a band. Their performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” two days later officially launched the years-long frenzy that followed, known as “Beatlemania.” The cultural and musical landscape of America was forever changed by The Beatles. From their press conference at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in 1964 to their 1966 concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, this exhibit documents John, Paul, George, and Ringo’s journey across America, using original artifacts, film and video interviews, photographs and interactives to tell the story.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • Clothing worn by the band, including the jacket worn by Paul McCartney during The Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium concert.
    • Original lyric sheets - written by Paul McCartney
    • Hand-written setlists from The Beatles' concerts
    • Gold record presented to The Beatles by Capitol Records
    • Venue contracts from the band's American tours
    • Kid-friendly, interactive elements including a virtual drumming lesson from Ringo.

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 2000 – 2500 SF

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (New York, NY) - Feb. 6, 2014 through May 10, 2014
    • Midwest Music Museum at Mall of America (Minneapolis, Minn.) - June 5, 2014 through Sept. 7, 2014
    • HISTORYMIAMI (Miami, FL) - Oct.10, 2014 through Jan.18, 2015
    • Woody Guthrie Center (Tulsa, Okla.) - Feb. 4, 2015 through May 24, 2015
    • LBJ Presidential Library (Austin, Texas) - June 13, 2015 through Jan. 10, 2016
    • GRAMMY Museum Mississippi (Cleveland, Miss.) - March 5, 2016 through June 12, 2016
    • GRAMMY Museum L.A. LIVE (Los Angeles, Calif.) - July 1, 2016 through Sept. 5, 2016
    • Clinton Presidential Library (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Oct. 8, 2016 through April 2, 2017
    • Japan Music Experience (Tokyo, Japan) - November 18, 2017 through February 28, 2018
    • Osaka, Japan - Feb. 2018 through April 2018
    • Oregon Historical Society (Portland, Ore.) - May 10, 2019 through November 12, 2019
    • Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL) - October 15, 2022, through April 2, 2023
    • GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center (Newark, NJ) - November 18, 2022 through June 25, 2023

    • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... THE BEATLES!

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    Curated by the GRAMMY Museum, along with Fab Four Exhibits LLC, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Beatles!, explores and celebrates The Beatles’ impact on the American Experience from the fan perspective.

    On February 7, 1964, four lads from Liverpool, England, stepped onto American soil for the first time as a band. Their performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” two days later officially launched the years-long frenzy that followed, known as “Beatlemania.” The cultural and musical landscape of America was forever changed by The Beatles. From their press conference at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in 1964 to their 1966 concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, this exhibit documents John, Paul, George, and Ringo’s journey across America, using original artifacts, film and video interviews, photographs and interactives to tell the story.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • Clothing worn by the band, including the jacket worn by Paul McCartney during The Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium concert.
    • Original lyric sheets - written by Paul McCartney
    • Hand-written setlists from The Beatles' concerts
    • Gold record presented to The Beatles by Capitol Records
    • Venue contracts from the band's American tours
    • Kid-friendly, interactive elements including a virtual drumming lesson from Ringo.

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 2500 - 3000 SF

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (New York, NY) - Feb. 6, 2014 through May 10, 2014
    • Midwest Music Museum at Mall of America (Minneapolis, Minn.) - June 5, 2014 through Sept. 7, 2014
    • HISTORYMIAMI (Miami, FL) - Oct.10, 2014 through Jan.18, 2015
    • Woody Guthrie Center (Tulsa, Okla.) - Feb. 4, 2015 through May 24, 2015
    • LBJ Presidential Library (Austin, Texas) - June 13, 2015 through Jan. 10, 2016
    • GRAMMY Museum Mississippi (Cleveland, Miss.) - March 5, 2016 through June 12, 2016
    • GRAMMY Museum L.A. LIVE (Los Angeles, Calif.) - July 1, 2016 through Sept. 5, 2016
    • Clinton Presidential Library (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Oct. 8, 2016 through April 2, 2017
    • Japan Music Experience (Tokyo, Japan) - November 18, 2017 through February 28, 2018
    • Osaka, Japan - Feb. 2018 through April 2018
    • Oregon Historical Society (Portland, Ore.) - May 10, 2019 through November 12, 2019
    • Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL) - October 15, 2022, through April 2, 2023
    • GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center (Newark, NJ) - November 18, 2022 through June 25, 2023

    THE PRISON CONCERTS: FOLSOM AND SAN QUENTIN

    This exhibit offers a definitive view of Cash’s prison concerts, featuring candid and performance images of these two memorable concerts that solidified Cash's status as an outlaw king.

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    • Widely known as the godfather of music photography, the late Jim Marshall maintained a 50-year career that resulted in more than 500 album covers, an abundance of magazine covers, and some of the most celebrated images in blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll, including those from Johnny Cash’s notable Folsom and San Quentin prison concerts. To showcase these powerful snapshots of a legendary musician by a legendary photographer, the GRAMMY Museum® presents The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash), showcasing Marshall’s photos from Cash’s historic prison concerts in 1968 and 1969 featured in the art book Johnny Cash At Folsom & San Quentin.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • The iconic "JC Flippin’ the Bird at San Quentin Prison"
    • The famous "Johnny Cash Getting off the Bus at Folsom Prison"
    • The rarely seen image of "Cash in Greystone Chapel at Folsom Prison." - The song "Greystone Chapel" was written by one of the inmates at Folsom, Glen Sherley. Cash recorded the song during the Folsom Prison concert with Sherley in the audience. Jim captured their shaking hands after Cash sang Sherley’s song.

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • Payson Library at Pepperdine University - Jan 9 - April 9, 2023.

    • THE PRISON CONCERTS: FOLSOM AND SAN QUENTIN

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    This exhibit offers a definitive view of Cash’s prison concerts, featuring candid and performance images of these two memorable concerts that solidified Cash's status as an outlaw king.

    Widely known as the godfather of music photography, the late Jim Marshall maintained a 50-year career that resulted in more than 500 album covers, an abundance of magazine covers, and some of the most celebrated images in blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll, including those from Johnny Cash’s notable Folsom and San Quentin prison concerts. To showcase these powerful snapshots of a legendary musician by a legendary photographer, the GRAMMY Museum® presents The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash), showcasing Marshall’s photos from Cash’s historic prison concerts in 1968 and 1969 featured in the art book Johnny Cash At Folsom & San Quentin.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • The iconic "JC Flippin’ the Bird at San Quentin Prison"
    • The famous "Johnny Cash Getting off the Bus at Folsom Prison"
    • The rarely seen image of "Cash in Greystone Chapel at Folsom Prison." - The song "Greystone Chapel" was written by one of the inmates at Folsom, Glen Sherley. Cash recorded the song during the Folsom Prison concert with Sherley in the audience. Jim captured their shaking hands after Cash sang Sherley’s song.

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • Payson Library at Pepperdine University - Jan 9 - April 9, 2023.

    SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME SONGWRITERS EXPERIENCE

    The Songwriters Hall of Fame Experience celebrates the work and legacy of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and explores the mysteries behind the making of great music.

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    • Through graphic panels, artifact displays, and interactive experiences, the exhibition examines the songwriter’s creative process, tells the stories of great songwriters – all of whom are members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame – and digs deep into the great compositional works that make up the American music treasury. Curated by the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum®, the exhibit also uncovers the creative process of some of the Hall of Fame’s most revered songwriters and sheds light on many of their masterworks.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • An original exhibit film featuring songwriters Jimmy Jam, Toby Keith, Carole King, Smokey Robinson, Carole Bayer Sager, and Diane Warren, sharing insights about their creative process
    • A songwriting interactive featuring Toby Keith, Carole King, Smokey Robinson, and Don Schlitz dissecting one of their hit songs
    • Songwriting artifacts representing the creative work of Steve Dorff, Toby Keith, John Mellencamp, Alan Menken, and Carole Bayer Sager, among others

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 1500-2500 SF

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center (New York City, NY) - June 15, 2022 through July 24, 2022

    • SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME SONGWRITERS EXPERIENCE

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    The Songwriters Hall of Fame Experience celebrates the work and legacy of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and explores the mysteries behind the making of great music.

    Through graphic panels, artifact displays, and interactive experiences, the exhibition examines the songwriter’s creative process, tells the stories of great songwriters – all of whom are members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame – and digs deep into the great compositional works that make up the American music treasury. Curated by the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum®, the exhibit also uncovers the creative process of some of the Hall of Fame’s most revered songwriters and sheds light on many of their masterworks.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • An original exhibit film featuring songwriters Jimmy Jam, Toby Keith, Carole King, Smokey Robinson, Carole Bayer Sager, and Diane Warren, sharing insights about their creative process
    • A songwriting interactive featuring Toby Keith, Carole King, Smokey Robinson, and Don Schlitz dissecting one of their hit songs
    • Songwriting artifacts representing the creative work of Steve Dorff, Toby Keith, John Mellencamp, Alan Menken, and Carole Bayer Sager, among others

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 1500-2500 SF

    EXHIBIT TOUR

    • The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center (New York City, NY) - June 15, 2022 through July 24, 2022

    SHAKIRA, SHAKIRA: THE GRAMMY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

    To showcase Shakira’s enduring creative legacy, the GRAMMY Museum® proudly presents Shakira, Shakira: The GRAMMY Museum Experience.

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    • Shakira, Shakira explores the artist’s musical evolution, from her origins as a Latin rock-loving singer-songwriter in Barranquilla, Colombia, to a global superstar whose catalog spans multiple genres, from bhangra and bachata to rock and reggaetón.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • Forty artifacts from Shakira’s personal archive
    • Shakira’s two 2020 Super Bowl LIV outfits - one red, one gold
    • Gibson Firebird electric guitar - covered with 70,000 black Swarovski crystals
    • Taylor acoustic guitar - Shakira uses for songwriting
    • Fender Stratocaster, covered with pink Swarovski crystals - Shakira played on her Oral Fixation tour (2006-2007)
    • Gold Yamaha Revstar electric guitar - Shakira played on her 2018 El Dorado tour
    • Leaf-covered bikini - worn on the cover of her 2005 album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
    • Iconic outfits from Shakira’s 2018 El Dorado tour
    • Songwriting notebook - with handwritten lyrics
    • And more!

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 2000 – 3000 SF

    • SHAKIRA, SHAKIRA: THE GRAMMY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

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    To showcase Shakira’s enduring creative legacy, the GRAMMY Museum® proudly presents Shakira, Shakira: The GRAMMY Museum Experience.

    Shakira, Shakira explores the artist’s musical evolution, from her origins as a Latin rock-loving singer-songwriter in Barranquilla, Colombia, to a global superstar whose catalog spans multiple genres, from bhangra and bachata to rock and reggaetón.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • Forty artifacts from Shakira’s personal archive
    • Shakira’s two 2020 Super Bowl LIV outfits - one red, one gold
    • Gibson Firebird electric guitar - covered with 70,000 black Swarovski crystals
    • Taylor acoustic guitar - Shakira uses for songwriting
    • Fender Stratocaster, covered with pink Swarovski crystals - Shakira played on her Oral Fixation tour (2006-2007)
    • Gold Yamaha Revstar electric guitar - Shakira played on her 2018 El Dorado tour
    • Leaf-covered bikini - worn on the cover of her 2005 album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
    • Iconic outfits from Shakira’s 2018 El Dorado tour
    • Songwriting notebook - with handwritten lyrics
    • And more!

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • 2000 - 3000 SF

    And the GRAMMY® Goes To...

    And The GRAMMY® Goes To… is an exhibit curated by the GRAMMY Museum® that gives visitors a historical overview of the GRAMMY Awards® through interactive content and artifacts.

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    • Exhibit photos from previous display. Artifacts subject to change.

    The exhibit celebrates past and recent GRAMMY winners, explores how a GRAMMY is won, highlights the star-studded GRAMMY red carpet spotlighting timeless moments from a variety of artists, and what goes into making an actual GRAMMY Award.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • A collection of memorable performance and red-carpet outfits
    • Feature on John Billings, also known as “The GRAMMY Man,” - who handcrafts each award given to winners in all GRAMMY categories
    • A chance to view the most recent GRAMMY Awards telecast in its entirety

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • Approximately 2500 SF

    • Exhibit photos from previous display. Artifacts subject to change.

    And the GRAMMY® Goes To...

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    And The GRAMMY® Goes To… is an exhibit curated by the GRAMMY Museum® that gives visitors a historical overview of the GRAMMY Awards® through interactive content and artifacts.

    The exhibit celebrates past and recent GRAMMY winners, explores how a GRAMMY is won, highlights the star-studded GRAMMY red carpet spotlighting timeless moments from a variety of artists, and what goes into making an actual GRAMMY Award.

    EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

    • A collection of memorable performance and red-carpet outfits
    • Feature on John Billings, also known as “The GRAMMY Man,” - who handcrafts each award given to winners in all GRAMMY categories
    • A chance to view the most recent GRAMMY Awards telecast in its entirety

    EXHIBIT INFORMATION

    • Approximately 2500 SF

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    FAQ

    EXHIBITION SIZE AND REQUIREMENTS

    Exhibitions vary in size, but all require adequate storage for shipping crates, and appropriate museum-quality lighting and casework.

    INSURANCE

    The host institution will be required to provide a certificate of insurance before the exhibition ships.

    COST AND SCHEDULE

    A typical exhibition run lasts approximately 13-16 weeks and the associated rental fee is determined based on which exhibition is selected as well as its size and scope.

    SHIPPING AND INSTALLATION

    In addition to the exhibition rental fee, the host institution is responsible for paying shipping costs, as well as travel costs for up to three GRAMMY Museum staff members for installation and de-installation. Our traveling exhibitions team will communicate any additional labor or special equipment needs for loading and unloading at the host venue.

    SECURITY

    Trained professional guards or trained museum personnel whose sole duty is the supervision of the exhibition must be present in sufficient number to provide surveillance and crowd control while the exhibition is open for viewing, as well as a CCTV monitor system.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    For more information about our traveling exhibits, please email travelingexhibitions@grammymuseum.org.

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