From the Bob Moog Foundation:
In the fall of last year we issued a survey to all of you in order to get your feedback about the creation of a Bob Moog museum in Asheville. Many thanks to the hundreds of you who responded; the information you provided was invaluable. Over half of you said that you would be extremely likely to visit a Bob Moog Museum and 80% of you said you would be more likely to come to Asheville if a Bob Moog Museum was located there. This information was of significant help in securing a lead grant to build a Moogseum.
The Bob Moog Foundation is delighted to announce that the Buncombe County Tourism Product Development Authority (BCTPDA) has awarded a $600,000 grant for the capital costs involved in building the Moogseum in Asheville, NC. The grant is a bricks and mortar grant; funding will be dispersed when construction begins, which is expected for 2012. We are extremely grateful and energized by this grant and we commend the BCTPDA for its visionary stance in awarding this funding.
The Moogseum will be a state-of-the-art exploratorium at the intersection of music and science. It will house Bob Moog's archives and feature several instrument-based hands-on exhibits. The Moogseum will educate children and adults about the science behind the sounds of electronic music through its exhibits and innovative programming. Phase one of the Moogseum is expected to cost $3 million. To read more about the plans for the Moogseum, and our Mini-Moogseum project, please check out our blog.
In order to keep you updated on further progress, we have created Moogseum.com.
The site is still under construction, but we have a cool splash page upfrom which you can download images. We will be busy developing the site in the near future.
Experience the Power of MoogLab
The Bob Moog Foundation will be out and about this spring at local area festivals with our interactive MoogLab exhibit. We had an excellent experience at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN in February and we will be appearing at Tron-a-Thon, HATCHfest Asheville and LEAF this month and next. Our goal at each of these unique festivals is to broaden people's perspective about the capabilities and applications of electronic music. To read much more about these fantastic festivals, please see our blog.
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