The exhibition is co-organized with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and will present approximately 130 instruments alongside posters and costumes. Many of rock's most celebrated and recognized instruments are featured. In addition to institutional and private collectors, many musicians are lending their performance and recording instruments. 

 With every new music movement, came new art and new printing techniques that were influenced by the posters that came before. From the bare-bones style of the early boxing posters to the eye-bending imagery of psychedelic, concert posters are works of art and are becoming an increasingly valued commodity in the collecting community.

“When I was a teenager, I had a dream about a guitar with a dragon inlaid down the neck, and in 1992, I was able to realize that dream for the first time. It has become an important part of our history to celebrate the technology that allows us to create these intricate inlays and the idea that dreams can become reality.” 

- Paul Reed Smith