The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is pleased to launch a new weekly Gallery Talk program every Tuesday at 1 p.m. beginning on February 5, 2013. Lending a more in-depth look at artists and their personal collection items, each curator or docent-lead tour is complimentary with Museum admission and will take place in different exhibition areas from week to week. The initial series schedule is below.

Gallery Talk attendees will be encouraged to share their experience by utilizing Twitter hashtags #gallerytalk and #rockhall to “tweet while you tour.”

Schedule of Upcoming Gallery Talks:

Tuesdays: February 5, March 5
Exhibit: Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip
Grateful Dead’s story is unlike any other in the history of rock and roll. The band came together at a point in time when musical genres intersected in a way never seen before. Outside the music, yet equally as influential, was a rising change in culture and an expanding consciousness of mind, spirit and art.  This Gallery Talk, which will begin on Level 5, will take the visitor through this special exhibit, on view for only a limited time.

Tuesdays: February 12, March 12, April 2, April 23
Exhibit: The Beatles
The Beatles’ impact on rock and roll, and on popular culture in general, cannot be overstated. The Beatles revived rock and roll, which many people thought was dead, and greatly expanded its musical and lyrical boundaries. Beginning in the Beatles exhibit area, this Gallery Talk features the story of oneof the biggest bands in rock and roll history.

Tuesdays: February 19, March 19, April 9, April 30
Exhibit: Jimi Hendrix and Psychedelic San Francisco
This Gallery Talk begins in the Cities and Sounds: San Francisco – Somebody to Love (1965 – 1969) exhibit. San Francisco served as a magnet for musicians, artists and social rebels in the mid-to-late Sixties. The city’s innovative and popular musical groups –Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Santana – changed the way music was performed and experienced. The talk then moves to the life and music of Jimi Hendrix, arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music who expanded the range and vocabulary of the electric guitar into areas no musician had ever ventured before.

Tuesdays: February 26, March 26, April 16
Elvis, Memphis and the 1950s
This Gallery Talk begins in the ELVIS exhibit, highlighting different chapters in his career. The story then moves to the Cities and Sounds: Memphis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (1948 – 1959), where the story of Sun Records and the city of Memphis shaped the development of early rock music with artists such as Elvis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. This tour concludes in the Rave On: Rock and Roll’s Early Years exhibit, featuring the pioneering artists of the 1950s, who provided the template for rock and roll – its driving beat, fashion consciousness, minimalist instrumentation and independent spirit.