Museums in Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Museums in Cleveland, Ohio, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, USS Cod, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Museums in Cleveland, Ohio, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Uss Cod, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum, a Christmas Story House, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Western Reserve Historical Society, Lake Shore Electric Railway, the Temple (Cleveland, Ohio), Dunham Tavern, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Great Lakes Science Center, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, the African American Museum in Cleveland, Polka Hall of Fame, Dittrick Museum of Medical History, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Children's Museum of Cleveland, Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society Museum, Learning Center and Money Museum. Excerpt: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock music. The museum is part of the city's redeveloped North Coast Harbor. Trabant cars from U2's Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and MuseumThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was created April 20, 1983. However, it had no home. The search committee considered several cities, including Memphis (home of Sun Studios and Stax Records), Cincinnati (home of King Records), New York City, and Cleveland. Cleveland lobbied hard to be chosen, citing that Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with promoting the new genre (and the term) of "rock and roll", and that Cleveland was the location of the first rock and roll concert. Civic leaders in C... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=58902