Go-go music now has a dedicated creative space in Washington, D.C., where residents and visitors can immerse themselves in the iconic subgenre.

On Wednesday, February 19, the Go-Go Museum & Café officially opened for business in Anacostia, just five years after go-go was declared the official music of D.C. The genre is a drum-driven and syncopated form of funk, pioneered by artists Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Trouble Funk and The Young Senators. Heavily based on the usage of brass horns and percussion instruments, the genre is generally performed live.

According to NBC News, in the museum features a performance stage, a recording studio, and over a dozen interactive displays, while its on-site café is curated by “Chopped” finalist and chef Angela Rose.

For a close-up with go-go, museum visitors can learn about go-go's impact in hip-hop by tapping interactive displays or "talking" to AI versions of go-go acts.

“If you go to New Orleans, you’ve got brass bands. Go to New York, and it’s hip-hop. If you come to D.C., you’re hearing go-go,” Ronald “Moe” Moten, the museum’s founder and president, told NBC News.