Geneva, NY: There are still seats available on the Geneva Historical Society's one-day trip to the Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, October 9, 2015. The Bethel Woods Center is a non-profit performing arts center and museum located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The 15,000 seat amphitheater presents a wide variety of musical genres and performers. The Museum at Bethel Woods, which opened to the public in 2008, is housed in a beautiful LEED-certified green building, set back from the top of the Woodstock festival hillside. The Museum's main exhibit, Woodstock and the Sixties is an immersive, multi-media experience that combines film, music, interactive displays, artifacts, and personal narratives to tell the story of the unique experience of the Woodstock festival and its significance as a culminating event of a decade of sweeping cultural change. Temporary exhibits are: Threads: Connecting '60s and Modern Rock Wear, featuring over 40 vintage outfits drawn from the personal collection of designer, musician, and vintage clothing collector, Andy Hilfiger, and Written In Stone: Sculpture by Harry Gordon.
The price for the trip is $75 and includes motorcoach transportation, a guided tour of the grounds at Bethel Woods, admission to the Bethel Woods Museum and a boxed lunch. Dinner will be available at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant at your own expense on the return trip.
The bus will leave from the Geneva History Museum at 8 AM and return to Geneva around 9:00 PM. Parking is available on street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot, south of the church. Make your reservation as soon as possible by calling the Geneva Historical Society at 315-789-5151.
