The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, which recognises and archives the history of the most influential figures in rock n roll over the years, has announced plans to make a $30 million expansion to its landmark building on North Coast Harbor.
The iconic rock n roll museum is looking to take out a renewable lease on a piece of land that is owned by Cleveland and separates the museum from the Great Lakes Science Center.
The land would be used by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to create a 50,000-square-foot development, which would house special events, exhibitions, education facilities, research and object conservation.
A glass-enclosed connection that runs along the waterfront promenade would connect the Science Center with Rock Hall.
Greg Harris, Rock Hall’s CEO, shared his enthusiasm about the expansion.
“We are excited that this will ultimately form a museum campus by connecting with our neighbour so people can more completely indoors between the two museums.
“It’s incredibly exciting and an honour to be associated with the [expansion] project. We’re doing things at the museum that they dreamed about 20 years ago,” said Harris.
Other improvements are in the pipeline for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame designed to improve the visitor experience, including the revamping of the museum’s main exhibition space on the history of rock and roll, which is due to start in 2020.
