Alternative and underground music finally were embraced by mainstream radio and music listeners, and that music is what’s at the heart of the Nirvana exhibit. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana helped shape not only Seattle’s music scene in the Nineties, but the world’s music scene as well. The Exhibit Soundtrack :. No exhibit about Nirvana should be without musical accompaniment. The EMP has scored a hit with its Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit. With the plethora of information and pieces to take in, here are the five best aspects of the Nirvana exhibit:. It would have been an easy out for EMP to simply put Nirvana songs on repeat and leave it at that, and in some respect, that would make sense.

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