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Celebrating 20 Years of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame
Nominations for the 2024 Hall of Fame have now closed. Stay tuned for news about who our 2024 Inductees will be!
View full list of Hall of Fame members ▸
Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame is included with museum admission and is free for MoPOP Members.
Photo by Anita Woo.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame
Nominations for the 2024 Hall of Fame have now closed. Stay tuned for news about who our 2024 Inductees will be!
View full list of Hall of Fame members ▸
Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame is included with museum admission and is free for MoPOP Members.
Photo by Anita Woo.
ABOUT THE HALL OF FAME
The Hall of Fame exhibition invites visitors to explore the lives and legacies of the current inductees through interpretive films, interactive kiosks, and more than 30 artifacts, including Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from George Lucas’ The Empire Strikes Back, the Staff of Ra headpiece from Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, author Isaac Asimov’s typewriter, and more.
Founded in 1996, the Hall of Fame was relocated from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to its permanent home at MoPOP in 2004. The final inductees are nominated by the public, and chosen by a panel of award-winning science fiction and fantasy authors, artists, editors, publishers, and film professionals.
2023 INDUCTEES
N.K. Jemisin, the multi-award-winning American author described by the New York Times as “The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation.
John Carpenter, the American filmmaker and composer known for his horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 80s, most notably the Halloween franchise.
Dune (Franchise), the sweeping interstellar epic started with Frank Herbert’s 1965 book, and now encompasses more than two dozen novels, comics, video games, and multiple screen adaptations.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 gender-fluid musical comedy horror film has earned cult status and a devoted global fanbase across generations.
Exhibition Sensory Rating
Sensory impact is rated on a scale from 0 (no impact) to 5 (very high impact).
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- Calm and mellow lighting
- Light changes slowly
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- Monitors softly play
- Nice and quiet
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- No noticeable scent
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- You can interact with the lit table, but it is not required
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- There is no uneven or moving terrain
- There are places to sit and watch the video
This is a very calming space. We recommend coming in here if you get overwhelmed in other spaces!
Sensory ratings provided by Sensory Access