The Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses exhibition will be housed at the Experience Music Project in Seattle from April 16, 2011 til April 22, 2013.
The collection will feature a number of rare artifacts including a never~before exhibited Kurt Cobain painting from high school, handwritten lyrics to the songs Spank Thru and Floyd The Barber, the yellow cardigan often worn by Cobain in the early 1990’s, the winged angel stage prop featured on Nirvana’s In Utero tour, plus pieces of the first guitar Kurt destroyed on stage.
“[Cobain] was a visionary artist who touched people all over the world,” Krist Novoselic, the band’s bassist and co~founder said in a statement. “It’s great that there will soon be a collection that celebrates that contribution to music and culture.”
“There’s a story with Nirvana at its center,” he continued. “But it’s a story that also includes the many people, bands and institutions that make up a music community. The show is a celebration of Northwest music.”