Grammy Museum Experience

Former museum held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey

40°44′01″N 74°10′13″W / 40.73363°N 74.17021°W / 40.73363; -74.17021OwnerHarris Blitzer Sports & EntertainmentOpenedOctober 20, 2017ClosedJune 25, 2023Websitehttps://www.grammymuseumexp.org/

The Grammy Museum Experience was an interactive, experiential museum devoted to the history and winners of the Grammy Awards which was located at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was open from October 20, 2017, to June 25, 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

It was the first instance of the Grammy Museum in the Northeast. Affiliated museums are the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, The Grammy Museum Mississippi, Cleveland, Mississippi and The Grammy Museum at Musicians Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee. The 8,200-square-foot Grammy Museum featured multimedia presentations, public events and educational programming, and highlights some of New Jersey’s most famous music industry stars and homegrown talent.^[5]

An exhibition about the Beatles took place in 2022 and 2023 and was included in the North to Shore Festival.^[6]^[7] The museum closed in 2023 as a result of the Grammy Museum Foundation wishing to have fewer brick-and-mortar locations.^[8]

References

^ King, Kate (7 February 2017). "Grammy Museum to Open Newark Location This Fall". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ Lustig, Jay (7 February 2017). "Grammy Museum will open East Coast branch at Prudential Center in Newark". Institute for Nonprofit News. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ Yi, Karen (February 7, 2017). "Grammy Museum coming to Newark's Prudential Center". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
^ "Grammy Museum Experience Coming to Prudential Center in Newark". Billboard.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "24 Grammy winners with ties to New Jersey". NJ.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/21/grammy-museum-exhibit-ladies-and-gentlemen-the-bea/
^ https://northtoshore.com/event/ladies-gentlemen-the-beatles-an-exhibit-curated-by-the-grammy-museum-and-fab-four-exhibits/
^ "GRAMMY Museum Experience at Pru Center has closed — but its efforts in music education will continue". roi-nj.com. June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.