This 'Purple Rain' room is the perfect tribute to Prince

Rain Room exhibit turned purple for Prince
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has a pretty neat exhibit called the Rain Room, where sensors keep people dry as they walk through a downpour.

A photo posted by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (@lacma) on Dec 19, 2015 at 6:06pm PST

To pay tribute to Prince, who died Thursday, the Random International collective behind the exhibit decided to turn the rain purple Friday.

It was gorgeous.

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A photo posted by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (@lacma) on Apr 22, 2016 at 11:15am PDT

Get a taste of the experience through the video below. Julie Kliegman

A video posted by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (@lacma) on Apr 21, 2016 at 1:43pm PDT

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.