Talk & Tour

CHS Director of Experience Design Dennis Barrie, PhD. was the Founding Director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For three years, Barrie worked with a team of assembled experts to create a real museum based only on a sketchy concept.  Winning over skeptical recording artists, fighting with industry executives, and building a collection of rock artifacts from scratch were just part of the challenge. The cast of characters reads like a who’s who of the music world and the city of Cleveland. The project that many thought wouldn’t get built did get built and it changed the face of Cleveland.