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The Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center arena in Newark, NJ, officially opened its doors today, offering visitors an intimate look inside not only Grammy history but the history of music.

The 8,200-square-foot museum features traditional and interactive exhibits including a special New Jersey Legends exhibit focusing on the achievements of New Jersey-born artists Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, and many more.

Other exhibits include And The Grammy Goes To …, which celebrates past and recent Grammy winners through artifacts and historical information — including clips of memorable Grammy performances and acceptances speeches — and Ray Charles & The Raellettes.

Visitors interested in a behind-the-scenes look at how music is made can join Springsteen’s E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg for a lesson or rapper Wyclef Jean for a recording session in two of the museum’s interactive exhibits.

Museum officials say the Grammy Experience will also offer a variety of educational programs for students to learn more about music, their favorite artists, and the industry.

Joining sister Grammy Museums in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn., Newark was chosen as the most recent location because of its musical legacy as the home to artists such as Springsteen, Sinatra, Houston, Franki Valli, Queen Latifah, Sarah Vaughan, among many others.

"It had a tremendous musical legacy much like the Mississippi Delta, but it had been overlooked over much of the last half century," said Bob Santelli, the museum’s founding executive director. “The Experience highlights the power music has to inspire, educate and celebrate. There is something for everyone — from exhibits designed to educate to those that underline the history of music and its special place in our culture.”

Ticket are available via Ticketmaster at prices ranging from $9 to $12.

For more information, visit grammymuseiumexp.org.