Dylan Centre Opening Date
Bob Dylan Centre
Tulsa Oklahoma
Opening May 10, 2022
The Bob Dylan Centre will open on May 10, 2022 in Tulsa Oklahoma, welcoming visitors from around the world to access and interact with more than 100,000 exclusive cultural treasures found in The Bob Dylan Archive. These include handwritten lyric manuscripts to some of the world’s most treasured songs, previously unreleased recordings, never-before-seen film performances, rare and unseen photographs, visual art and other priceless items spanning Bob Dylan’s unparalleled seven decades as one of the world’s most important cultural figures.
Located in Tulsa’s burgeoning and vibrant arts district just steps from the city’s renowned Woody Guthrie Centre, The Bob Dylan Centre is being designed by renowned architectural and exhibit design firm Olson Kundig, led by design principal Alan Maskin. The centre will feature cutting-edge and immersive technology in a multimedia environment that is designed to be as impressive and revealing to visitors new to Dylan’s work as it will be to long-time fans and afficianados.
Among the many highlights that will be found at The Bob Dylan Centre are:
- An ever-evolving curated display of elements that illuminate the depth and breadth of the Bob Dylan Archive collection.
- An immersive film experience that will initiate visitors through an innovative cascade of archival music and film, directed by renowned Dylan chronicler Jennifer Lebeau.
- A recreation of an authentic studio environment where visitors will experience what it was like to be present at one of Dylan’s historic recording sessions.
- The Columbia Records Gallery, which will provide an in-depth look at the creation, performance and production of timeless Dylan songs such as “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Tangled Up in Blue” and “Chimes of Freedom.”
- A screening room that will showcase Dylan-related scripted films, documentaries and concert performances, including never-before-seen material unearthed from the Archive.
- A multimedia timeline of Dylan’s life from his early years in Minnesota through the present day, written by award-winning historian Sean Wilentz.
- The Parker Brothers Gallery, which will explore the creative process through the work of other innovative artists, in an initial exhibit curated by influential author Lewis Hyde.
The three-story façade of The Bob Dylan Centre will face downtown Tulsa’s popular and pleasant public gathering space, Guthrie Green, and will depict a rare 1966 image of Dylan, donated to the centre by renowned photographer Jerry Schatzberg.
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Dylan Centre Opening Date
