Pick your favorite at "GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World"
The new “GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World” exhibit opens this Friday, January 18 and runs through April 21 at the Springfield Museums. It’s a terrific exhibit packed with artifacts, performance videos, audio, hands-on interactive, photos, touch screens and…yeah…GUITARS! You can design your own guitar, choosing the shape, color, designs and textures, you can have fun with the Air Guitar Stage, which comes with props, and basically see how this one special instrument launched rock and roll, and pop culture in general. Here are 5 Great reasons to go:
Some of the guitars on display at "GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World."
Another noteworthy exhibit on display.
1. Have the secrets of guitars revealed at last, from construction materials to sound creation and amplifier technology.
2. Watch the guitar’s evolution unfold, from medieval and international ancestors to classic early acoustics and the popular electrics of today.
3. Check out the World’s biggest playable guitar, measuring in at over 43 feet!
4. See the guitar that launched a thousand riffs - Rickenbacker A-22 “Frying Pan”, widely acknowledged as the first electric guitar.
5. Make a day of it – have lunch in the new Blake Café, get a look at the Indian Motocycles at the Wood Museum of Springfield History, or check out art by Monet, Winslow, and O’Keefe in the D’Amour Museum of Fine Art.
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