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August 4th, 2017 |
Bring Musikfest’s past to life and join a community of voices by participating in Mugshots: Oral Histories and Musikfest Memorabilia exhibitions.
When: August 4-13, 2017
Where: at the 1810 Goundie House, the oldest brick residence in Bethlehem, located at 501 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018
Time: 11am – 6pm each day
Celebrate, preserve, and share your Musikfest memories in a recorded interview
that will be digitally archived in the Library of Congress through the StoryCorps app.
Mugshots: Oral Histories of Musikfest hopes to give recognition to the diverse perspectives, experiences, and memories of Musikfest visitors, while also uniting the community through visitors’ stories and memories through oral history and photography!
See how Musikfest has impacted Bethlehem since it began in 1984! Explore the faces, personalities, experiences, and moods of visitors through photography, text quotes, and audio files.
Honor old traditions while celebrating new ones when you visit Musikfest Memorabilia exhibit! Revisit Musikfest’s past and take a look at Musikfest souvenirs, including posters, programs, pins, t-shirts, and mugs dating back from 1984 – 2003!
Don’t want to participate? Here are other ways you can stay involved:
Did you know that oral history has been practiced Oral history gives people a chance to reminisce and be memorialized by preserving memories, |
StoryCorps is a nonprofit oral history organization with a mission to collect, share, and educate people worldwide through oral history. Its app will be used to memorialize and record visitors’ experiences.
The goals of StoryCorps are to:
All the oral histories shared through StoryCorps are digitally archived in the Library of Congress and on the StoryCorps.me website.
Find yours and others’ Musikfest oral history accounts by visiting https://storycorps.me/organizations/historic-bethlehem-museums-sites/.
Visit www.storycorps.com and at www.storycorps.me. Also, follow and tag StoryCorps on Instagram (@StoryCorps)!
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Children, teens and adults are all encouraged to participate and are welcomed to stop by at the 1810 Goundie House to share their story.
The Mugshots exhibit begins August 4 and runs through the 13 from 11am until 6pm, each day, for oral history interviews; for the remainder of Musikfest, the building closes at 7pm.
The exhibition will remain on display until September 1st.
For more information, call 1.800.360.TOUR or visit HistoricBethlehem.org.
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