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This highly interactive exhibit consists of audio/visual experiences, informative displays, and a collection of artifacts, some of which are owned by The Museum and others of which are on loan to The Museum.

Highlights of the Permanent Gallery
  • Introduction Area — Quotes and performance clips from Woodstock performers and attendees as well as Sixties icons and images serve as an introduction to the themes of The Museum. Their stories are continued throughout the exhibit.
  • The Sixties — The decade of the 1960s was one of optimism, idealism, cultural change, turmoil, and the coming of age of the Baby Boomers. The election of John F. Kennedy signaled the passing of the torch to a new generation, a generation that, in turn, created new styles, sounds, and attitudes, and challenged traditions.

- Timeline
- Civil Rights and the Rights Revolution
- Space race
- The Cold War Comes Home
- The Counterculture: Retreat and Renewal

  • The Woodstock Festival is Born/Planning — What inspired four young men to create the largest music festival of all time, why did it take place in Bethel instead of the town it was named for, and what did it take to pull it all together?
  • The Journey to Woodstock — They came from near and far, by VW Beetle, helicopter, bus and thumb, to take part in an Aquarian Festival. Re-create the journey and get on the bus for a spirited film about the road to Woodstock.
  • Three Days of Peace and Music — Experience the entire festival, from the audience perspective, in a nine-minute immersive multimedia presentation, explore the festival site through a touch screen interactive, and examine artifacts such as staff T-shirts and the 1969 equivalent of instant messaging.
  • The Legacies of the 1960s and Woodstock — What Do the Sixties and Woodstock Mean Today? Leave your thoughts, browse other people's, and hear from personalities of the era as well as contemporaries as they address the lasting impact of the civil rights movement, the protest movement, the movement to care for the environment and much more. Explore music that extends the legacy of Woodstock and the Sixties to today and share your suggestions for additional songs that continue the legacy to the future.

    View The Museum exhibit map.
Special Exhibits 

On Assignment: Woodstock
Photos by Rolling Stone Photographer Baron Wolman

Saturday, April 6, 2013 thru Sunday, August 18, 2013
Included in regular museum admission

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was photographed by scores of professional photographers and photojournalists, but only Baron Wolman's images of the festival told the story in Rolling Stone magazine immediately following the event. Wolman's photos focus on the attendees and behind-the-scene action rather than the performers on the stage, and his iconic images helped to create the long-lasting, idealized myth of the festival.

Mr. Wolman was Rolling Stone's first head photographer, and in 2012, he agreed to donate museum-quality prints of his Woodstock photos to The Museum at Bethel Woods, and this exhibit will showcase 100 of his best. The Museum at Bethel Woods is proud to offer this special exhibition. More Information

To fund a photo to help expand the museum's permanent collection please click here.

On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
The Covers of the First 75 Issues
Saturday April 6, 2013 thru Sunday, August 18, 2013 in the Corridor Gallery
Included in regular museum admission

In support of On Assignment: Woodstock, The Museum at Bethel Woods will display the first seventy-five covers of Rolling Stone magazine. The covers feature the photography and artwork of Baron Wolman, Robert Altman, Annie Leibovitz, Jim Marshall, and Rick Griffin, among others, and document the first five years of the venerable music, pop culture, and politics newspaper/magazine. More Information
Shohola Bells: The Sound of Peace
Saturday, April 6, 2013 thru Monday, October 14, 2013 on the Bethel Woods entry plaza
FREE
What better way to celebrate peace than with the deep, resonant sound of hand-crafted, large-scale bells? The Museum at Bethel Woods presents Shohola Bells: The Sound of Peace this spring along the entrance plaza—a sculptural and aural art installation by renowned potter David Greenbaum. Embodying the magic of meditative sound and a graceful, restrained aesthetic, Sholola Bells have a profound transformative presence. The installation will consist of four handmade ceramic bells—which have been fired to over 2100° F—mounted in beautiful wooden stands. More Information
 
the Museum
Exhibits & Collections

This highly interactive exhibit consists of audio/visual experiences, informative displays, and a collection of artifacts, some of which are owned by The Museum and others of which are on loan to The Museum.

Highlights of the Permanent Gallery
  • Introduction Area — Quotes and performance clips from Woodstock performers and attendees as well as Sixties icons and images serve as an introduction to the themes of The Museum. Their stories are continued throughout the exhibit.
  • The Sixties — The decade of the 1960s was one of optimism, idealism, cultural change, turmoil, and the coming of age of the Baby Boomers. The election of John F. Kennedy signaled the passing of the torch to a new generation, a generation that, in turn, created new styles, sounds, and attitudes, and challenged traditions.

- Timeline
- Civil Rights and the Rights Revolution
- Space race
- The Cold War Comes Home
- The Counterculture: Retreat and Renewal

  • The Woodstock Festival is Born/Planning — What inspired four young men to create the largest music festival of all time, why did it take place in Bethel instead of the town it was named for, and what did it take to pull it all together?
  • The Journey to Woodstock — They came from near and far, by VW Beetle, helicopter, bus and thumb, to take part in an Aquarian Festival. Re-create the journey and get on the bus for a spirited film about the road to Woodstock.
  • Three Days of Peace and Music — Experience the entire festival, from the audience perspective, in a nine-minute immersive multimedia presentation, explore the festival site through a touch screen interactive, and examine artifacts such as staff T-shirts and the 1969 equivalent of instant messaging.
  • The Legacies of the 1960s and Woodstock — What Do the Sixties and Woodstock Mean Today? Leave your thoughts, browse other people's, and hear from personalities of the era as well as contemporaries as they address the lasting impact of the civil rights movement, the protest movement, the movement to care for the environment and much more. Explore music that extends the legacy of Woodstock and the Sixties to today and share your suggestions for additional songs that continue the legacy to the future.

    View The Museum exhibit map.
Special Exhibits 

On Assignment: Woodstock
Photos by Rolling Stone Photographer Baron Wolman

Saturday, April 6, 2013 thru Sunday, August 18, 2013
Included in regular museum admission

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was photographed by scores of professional photographers and photojournalists, but only Baron Wolman's images of the festival told the story in Rolling Stone magazine immediately following the event. Wolman's photos focus on the attendees and behind-the-scene action rather than the performers on the stage, and his iconic images helped to create the long-lasting, idealized myth of the festival.

Mr. Wolman was Rolling Stone's first head photographer, and in 2012, he agreed to donate museum-quality prints of his Woodstock photos to The Museum at Bethel Woods, and this exhibit will showcase 100 of his best. The Museum at Bethel Woods is proud to offer this special exhibition. More Information

To fund a photo to help expand the museum's permanent collection please click here.

On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
The Covers of the First 75 Issues
Saturday April 6, 2013 thru Sunday, August 18, 2013 in the Corridor Gallery
Included in regular museum admission

In support of On Assignment: Woodstock, The Museum at Bethel Woods will display the first seventy-five covers of Rolling Stone magazine. The covers feature the photography and artwork of Baron Wolman, Robert Altman, Annie Leibovitz, Jim Marshall, and Rick Griffin, among others, and document the first five years of the venerable music, pop culture, and politics newspaper/magazine. More Information
Shohola Bells: The Sound of Peace
Saturday, April 6, 2013 thru Monday, October 14, 2013 on the Bethel Woods entry plaza
FREE
What better way to celebrate peace than with the deep, resonant sound of hand-crafted, large-scale bells? The Museum at Bethel Woods presents Shohola Bells: The Sound of Peace this spring along the entrance plaza—a sculptural and aural art installation by renowned potter David Greenbaum. Embodying the magic of meditative sound and a graceful, restrained aesthetic, Sholola Bells have a profound transformative presence. The installation will consist of four handmade ceramic bells—which have been fired to over 2100° F—mounted in beautiful wooden stands. More Information
 

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