Woodstock museum to open in New York
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-04-29-woodstock-museum_N.htm
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) A new museum is opening June 2 at the site of the
1969 Woodstock concert.
The Museum at Bethel Woods, located about 90 minutes north of New
York City, will offer exhibits, personal stories, multimedia
experiences and programs about the 1960s focusing on everything from
music and fashion to political protest.
The original three-day festival epitomized the era's "sex, drugs and
rock'n'roll" counterculture while drawing 400,000 people to hear Jimi
Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, the Who and many other performers.
The Museum at Bethel Woods is part of the larger Bethel Woods Center
for the Arts, an outdoor performing arts center and complex with an
eclectic concert series and other events. Performers scheduled for
this summer include the "True Colors" show with Cyndi Lauper and The
B-52s, Ringo Starr, the New York Philharmonic, Donna Summer, The
Klezmatics, the Boston Pops and many others.
Tickets for the museum are on sale now from www.BethelWoodsCenter.org
or Ticketmaster at 845-454-3388
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Woodstock museum to open June 2
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5idGOW3Gd3yNkYlA4s-2CKeQL-dPg
4/29/08
NEW YORK (AFP) A museum dedicated to the 1969 Woodstock music
festival is scheduled to open on June 2 at a farm in upstate New York
where the event was held, organizers said Tuesday.
The Museum at Bethel Woods is located on the grounds of the historic
festival that boasted an unforgettable lineup that including guitar
legend Jimi Hendrix, folk heroine Joan Baez, blues-rock singer Janis
Joplin and The Grateful Dead rock group.
The museum features film and interactive displays as well as
artifacts to describe the festival that drew nearly one million
people, and explore its legacy.
Located 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of New York City, the museum
is part of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, an open-air concert
pavillion.
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