August Field Trip Anyone? The Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods!

August Field Trip Anyone? The Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods! Destiny calls, time to jump on our magic carpets and ride captain ride! What a long strange trip its been from 1969 up through 2008 and the official opening of the Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods. If you listen carefully you can hear the likes of Jimi and Janis whispering in the winds, "We built it, so now you must come." A ride on the Magic Bus anyone?

Yes, The Big Boomer wants to visit the Woodstock Museum, sees it as the perfect August Field Trip to embark upon from the Grove.

The reports are out, and the museum is receiving rave reviews across the land for being more than just a celebration of the greatest concert ever held. It's a time capsule, a chance for America and the world to look back in the hopes of moving forward in peace and harmony. Simply stated, the Woodstock Museum gives you the chance to steep yourself in the politics, culture and music that was the 60's.

Everyone remembers Elvis (I had front row seats to see him in concert the day after he passed) but what about the Bay of Pigs? The Beatles should be a museum unto themselves yet they are represented, as is civil rights, the assassinations of John F and his brother Robert Kennedy. Martin Luther King Jr. is represented, and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. Less than half of the exhibits are Woodstock itself, but they are all BIGGER THAN LIFE, a vivid refresher course of the time. 500,000 people shouting, “No rain, no rain, no rain,” during the incessant downpours, Jimi Hendrix with his legendary performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and all the rest that made the event was it was, and continues to be.

So, August is going to see The Big Boomer, Mr. Bud Hasherdashery himself make the pilgrimage to this hallowed ground...any other brave campers up to turning the day into a MAJOR EXTRAVAGANZA drop me an email and lets blow this event out into a happening. Can you imagine three super stretch limousines lining up in front of the Skyway Club House, 20 or 30 of us piling in for the journey back to 1969? Better yet, maybe we could get enough people to rent our own Magic Bus for the day.

Contact the museum

For information: 866-781-2922 For tickets: 845-454-3388
Purchase Tickets Tickets are $13 per person.

Hours

Summer: Memorial Day Weekend thru Labor Day:
Open 7 Days, 10am - 7pm (Last admission at 5:30pm)
Special hours on concert days.

Fall/Spring: Post Labor Day thru Pre-Memorial Day Weekend:
Tuesday thru Sunday, 10am - 5pm (Last admission at 3:30pm)
Closed Monday

Closed from early January to mid-March, and on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.