Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum

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  • Address
    1 Key Plaza, Downtown
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  • Phone
    216 781 7625
  • Website
  • Transport
    train: North Coast

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Lonely Planet review

Cleveland's top attraction, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum is more than a collection of memorabilia, though it does have Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche and Ray Charles' sunglasses. Interactive multimedia exhibits trace the history and social context of rock music and the performers who created it. Why is the museum in Cleveland? Because this is the hometown of Alan Freed, the disk jockey who popularized the term 'rock 'n' roll' in the early 1950s, and because the city lobbied hard and paid big. Be prepared for crowds.