The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) in Cleveland has announced a $6 million gift from Nick and Lorie Howley in support of educational programs and spaces in the expanded museum.

The gift will support the renovation and build-out of the Howley Family Student Center, the first space in the museum designed and built to address the needs of K-12 students. The funds also will establish the Howley Rockers Program, which will provide free on-site and online educational programs led by RRHOF educators for school-age students at private and parochial schools nationwide that are supported by the Howley family and/or the Howley Foundation. It also will underwrite RRHOF’s participation in the Saint Martin de Porres High School Corporate Work Study Program for the next 16 years.

“We are grateful for the Howleys’ generous support of our mission to engage, teach, and inspire through the power of rock and roll,” said RRHOF president and CEO Greg Harris. “This gift will allow us to impact students for generations.”

(Photo credit: Denis Tangney Jr.)