The Sixties-Seventies was one of the most power-changing eras of recent history.

Question Authority, Experimental Studies, War No More, Transcendental Meditation, Ghandi’s Impact – Full of Peaceful Protests, Pesticide Poisoning, Organic Food, Peace and Love, Communal Sharing and Caring.

Much of it working well. Other issues and teachings still talked about today, creating dialogue worthy of working out. All leading to a united effort and a reason to

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What We Preserve

Woodstock was never only about three days of music in August 1969.

It was about what those three days revealed: that hundreds of thousands of people could come together in peace, that art could be a form of social conscience, that the questions of justice, environment, and community that had erupted in that era were serious ones — and that they remain serious ones today.

Woodstock Museum® has worked for nearly forty years to preserve that larger legacy. Not only the music, not only the photographs, not only the famous names — but the ideas, the values, and the ongoing cultural energy that Woodstock set in motion.

We preserve the story of peace culture and social change. We document the environmental innovations that grew from 1960s consciousness — including our own role as the first experimental line-tied solar energy system in New York State. We hold the history of artists, musicians, activists, and thinkers whose work helped shape a generation.

And we carry it forward — through exhibitions, education, film, and a growing vision for what this museum can become.

“The story of Woodstock continues to matter because the central questions it raised have never been fully resolved — war, justice, community, and how people can live together.”

Where Your Gift Goes

Every dollar donated to Woodstock Museum supports our mission as a

501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.

Preservation & Archives

Collecting, digitizing, and protecting historical materials —photographs, recordings, film, documents, and artifacts — that tell the true story of Woodstock and the era it represents.

Education & Public Programs

Talks, screenings, workshops, and guided museum experiences that bring Woodstock history to students, scholars, and visitors of every generation, open May through October at our Saugerties, New York location.

 Film Festival

Woodstock Museum’s film programming celebrates independent cinema and documentary work that honors the values of creative freedom and social engagement central to the Woodstock legacy.

Building the Future

Your support helps fund our long-range vision: a larger, destination-scale museum campus with year-round programming, archival and research facilities, performance spaces, and the eventual development of Woodstock University — a center for peace education, mediation, and conflict resolution.

Why Your Support Matters Now