Museum at Bethel Woods

The Museum at Bethel Woods, sometimes known as the Woodstock Museum, is part of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York. It commemorates Woodstock and the 1960s and is designed to let visitors know more about the home of the famous music festival, where the museum is located.
Scope
In addition to information about the music festival, which is about two-thirds of the museum's scope, the museum offers exhibits, personal stories and a multi-media experience about various aspects of the 1960s, including music, fashion and political protest. In addition, it focuses on issues such as the baby boom, Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, and the assassinations and riots that occurred during the decade, all of which contribute to the context of Woodstock. Bethel is already benefiting from the opening of the performing arts center in 2006, and has led to increased development in the town and along nearby Kauneonga Lake, and the museum is seen as one of the county's larger economic development programs, despite the controversy surrounding its funding.
Funding
$1 million in funding that the museum received from the U.S. Senate in June 2007 was criticized after it was revealed the museum founder, Alan Gerry, then donated almost $30,000 to New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, who had helped to secure the funding. The funding was rescinded in October 2007 following criticism from Republicans led by John McCain, nor the more than $15 million in state funding.

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