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Museum Confidential

Pop Goes the Museum

Published May 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM CDT
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Museum Confidential: Season 9, Episode 13.

Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is turning 25 this year. On the Season 9 finale of Museum Confidential, we light out to the Pacific Northwest for a fascinating, on-stage conversation with MoPOP's CEO, Michelle Y. Smith.

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