Techno pioneer and DJ John Collins at Exhibit 3000, where he gives guided tours. Photo: Joe Guillen/Axios
The story oftechno's birth in Detroit is on display at Exhibit 3000, a collection of treasured artifacts on East Grand Boulevard that's billed as the world's first techno museum.
Zoom in: The museum displays items like a Roland TR-909 drum machine donated by Detroit native Juan Atkins and other instruments once used by techno luminaries, and a promotional flyer for the 2010 Cheeks reunion party.
If you go: The museum at 3000 E. Grand Blvd. is open by appointment only, but the building houses several techno enterprises under the Submerge collective.
They include the Somewhere in Detroit record shop that's open Saturdays 3-7pm, Submerge Distribution, and Underground Resistance, the record label that started in 1989.
