Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses tells the public and personal story of Nirvana within the context of the independent, underground music scene that evolved in the United States throughout the 1980s and culminated with the 1991 release of Nirvana’s ten-times platinum album, Nevermind.

"I'm really excited for Nirvana to be a touchstone for this exhibition – and especially proud that it's happening at Experience Music Project,” Nirvana bassist and co-founder Krist Novoselic said. “In addition to their great work presenting artists and music, EMP has a comprehensive educational component that makes it so much more than ‘just a museum.’  It's a technology-based invitation to anyone who might be interested – the more you're interested in something, the more information on that topic becomes available.”