Year End Message From YOUR Museum

Year end message from The International Bluegrass Music Museum.

Dear Friend in Bluegrass Music:

Since its inception, the International Bluegrass Music Museum has set about to establish a vibrant center for bluegrass music to ensure that the rich legacy of this remarkable music we all love will have a permanent and safe home. To that end, and with your continuing support, we've built and now operate a remarkable bluegrass cultural center on the banks of the Ohio River in Owensboro, Kentucky not far from Rosine, the birthplace and resting place of Bill Monroe. We feel, as many of our ancestors did about their native lands, that we are indeed on Holy Ground.

This museum, though, is so much more than a splendid sanctuary and exhibition space for the priceless, unique artifacts of bluegrass. It is more than a state-of-the-art resource center for serious devotees of bluegrass music. We sustain the invaluable stories and contributions of the Pioneers of Bluegrass through filmed documentaries in our Video Oral History Project (VOHP); annually introduce quite literally thousands of youngsters to bluegrass instruments in elementary schools through our Bluegrass In The Schools & BlueGrass Music Makers programs; offer group lessons to hundreds of aspiring musicians of all ages on Saturday mornings; host the Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp to preserve the performance style of Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music; catalog, digitize, preserve, exhibit, and host amazing events...

If you've not experienced our museum firsthand, or if you've yet to attend our festival, ROMP, the River of Music Party and the Pioneers of Bluegrass Gathering, then you must visit us at www.bluegrassmuseum.org where you'll not only find more information on all our programs but also one of the finest bluegrass music internet radio stations, RBI: Radio Bluegrass International, emanating 24/7 from the hallowed walls of this museum.

For all of us, the current economy is creating huge difficulties, and the bluegrass museum is no exception. But unlike all other museums, we know there is a huge reservoir of affection for the people who play, write, listen to and preserve bluegrass music. We ask you now to translate your love of this music into financial support for the museum by clicking here.

The Bluegrass Museum belongs to you. So please consider the value of bluegrass--and the bluegrass people in your life--and respond by becoming a member of the International Bluegrass Music Museum. If you cannot join at this time, please consider a donation, say the price of a CD, or even $5, to see your museum through these hard times. Every gift, large and small, is deeply appreciated.

Sincerely,
Mary Tyler Doub, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

All gifts to the International Bluegrass Music Museum are fully tax deductible.