I spent my morning at New York's new Taylor Swift Experience
Welcome to New York, now home of the Taylor Swift Experience.
The small museum, dedicated entirely to the pop star, opens today, Nov. 18, in Manhattan's Seaport District. And it welcomed Mashable in for an early sneak peek.
True Swifties will geek out at every corner of the two-story exhibit, which features the pop icon's childhood memorabilia, handwritten song lyrics, clothes, awards, musical instruments and more.
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The Taylor Swift Experience comes to New York from Los Angeles, where it lived for nearly two years.
Mashable met with Nwaka Onwusa, the curator for the exhibit. She explained that she worked with Swift and her mom to get the items from her childhood.
"From the beginning, the process was with [Taylor's] mother Andrea and with [Taylor] as well. And I had a big wish list of things I wanted," Onwusa said. "Taylor and Andrea basically just went through and gave me the yays and nays...but it was a whole collaboration with them."
Since Swift has won so many awards, we figured we'd announce our very own awards for the best parts of the exhibit.
1. Best Spot to Take a Photo
Goes to the cool interactive dance floor.
2. Most "Wow! Taylor is Super Organized" Item
Goes to Swift's handwritten instructions for how she'd like to perform "Love Story."
3. Thing We Wanted To Touch the Most But Weren't Allowed To
Goes to Taylor's sparkly guitar (pictured with her MTV Moon Man).
4. Best Way to Pretend You Went to Her Concert
Goes to the 1989 Tour merch you can buy.
5. Most Enviable Outfits They Wouldn't Let Us Try On
Goes to...Honestly, here are just a few of them.
6. Best #Squad Inspiration
Goes to our girl's badass "Bad Blood" jumpsuit.
7. Best Place to Sing "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Goes to the recording studio where you can record yourself singing Taylor's iconic breakup album. (All evidence of us attempting to sing this song was destroyed.)
Onwusa bestows her Favorite Part of the Museum Award to an actual award.
"I think my favorite thing is obviously her Grammy Award...it just ties in the whole purpose of why we're doing this exhibit... It's really just to celebrate her," Onwusa told Mashable. "I mean, she's a legend and she's only 26 years old. So I think that Grammy really sets it off to just show her success in the music industry, being recognized by one of the biggest brands you can ever by recognized by as a musician."
And if you visited the exhibit in LA, it's worth it to come again. Items new to the NY exhibit include Swift's MTV Moon Man statue, her pre-Met Gala dress, handwritten "Welcome to New York" lyrics and 1989 Tour outfits.
Tickets to view The Taylor Swift Experience are $9 and are available on Ticketmaster. The exhibit will be on display from Friday, Nov. 18 through Feb. 19, 2017, and then it will transfer to Cleveland, Mississippi.
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