National Guitar Museum
The National Guitar Museum (NGM) is a museum founded to promote and preserve the legacy of the guitar. It is dedicated to the history, evolution, and cultural impact of the guitar. The NGM addresses the history of the guitar as it has evolved from ancient stringed instruments on to the wide variety of instruments that have been created over the past 200 years. It also focuses on the inventors and innovators involved in the instrument, along with the science and technology behind the guitar's construction, shape, and sound.
History
The museum was founded by HP Newquist, who serves as its Executive Director. The NGM's board of advisors includes notable guitarists Tony Iommi, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, Ritchie Blackmore, Johnny Winter, Liona Boyd, and Joe Bonamassa. Curators include guitar industry veterans Rich Maloof and Pete Prown.[1][2]
Touring exhibition
The NGM launched a touring exhibit entitled "GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World" that began with previews outside New York City in February 2011.[3] The national rollout was in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 2011. The exhibit is currently booked at sites in the United States for the next several years.[4] [5] At the completion of the tour, one U.S. city will be chosen to become the permanent home of the National Guitar Museum.[6] The hosts for the GUITAR Exhibit (past and future):
- Connecticut Discovery Museum: February 15 – May 15, 2011 (Previews)
- Orlando Science Center / Orlando, FL: June 11, 2011 – January 4, 2012 (National Launch)[7]
- Louisville Science Center / Louisville, KY: January 21 – April 22, 2012
- Carnegie Science Center / Pittsburgh, PA: June 16 – September 30, 2012[8][9]
- Science Museum of Virginia / Richmond, VA: October 13 – January 6, 2013
- The Springfield Museum / Springfield, MA: January 18 – April 21, 2013
- The Museum Of Idaho / Idaho Falls, ID – Yellowstone: June 10 – November 30, 2013
- The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center / San Diego, CA: December 20, 2013 – April 6, 2014
- The Bishop Museum / Honolulu, Hawai’i: May 2014 – September 1, 2014
- Liberty Science Center / Liberty State Park, NJ: October 2014 – January 2015
- Imagination Station / Toledo, OH: February 2015 – May 2015
- Discovery Place / Charlotte, NC: May 31, 2015 – September 2015
- Oregon Museum of Science & Industry / Portland, OR: October 2015 – January 2016
- Exploration Place / Wichita, KS: January 2016 – April 2016
The NGM also curates a touring art exhibition, "Medieval To Metal: The Art & Evolution Of The GUITAR." It debuted at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin in February 2015.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The NGM presents an annual "Lifetime Achievement Award" to a guitarist who has been instrumental to the legacy of the guitar. The recipients to date have been:
- 2010: David Honeyboy Edwards.[10]
- 2011: Roger McGuinn of The Byrds.[11]
- 2012: B.B. King.
- 2013: Vic Flick, the session guitarist who played on thousands of early British Invasion songs, known for performing the original James Bond theme song.
- 2014: Buddy Guy, pioneering Chicago electric blues guitarist.
- 2015: Tony Iommi, guitarist and founder of Black Sabbath, acknowledged as the creator of heavy metal.
References
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- ↑ “National GUITAR Museum rolls out GUITAR Exhibit”, Connecticut Post.
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- ↑ “National GUITAR Museum keeps working the road”, The Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ “Traveling Exhibit Hints at Possibilities of Permanent National Guitar Museum”, Guitar World Magazine.
- ↑ “Guitar exhibit plays on science, romance”, Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ “GUITAR On Tour”, Carnegie Magazine.
- ↑ “GUITAR Exhibit Rocks The Science Center”, Tribune Live.
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