Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum and institution in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and roll performers, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the industry.

Foundation and Museum

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was created in 1983. The museum itself opened on September 2, 1995 in a building designed by I. M. Pei. The building sits on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland just east of Cleveland Browns Stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center. The city lobbied to be chosen because then-Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with promoting the new genre (and the term) of "rock and roll". After a petition drive that was signed by 600,000 fans favoring Cleveland, and a USA Today poll which Cleveland won by 100,000 votes, the hall of fame board voted to site the museum in Cleveland.

Related Topics:
1983 - September 2 - 1995 - I. M. Pei - Lake Erie - Cleveland Browns Stadium - Great Lakes Science Center - Disc jockey - Alan Freed - USA Today

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The museum documents the entire history of rock and roll, regardless of induction status. Hall of Fame inductees are honored in a special exhibit inside the museum's spire.

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