08/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/21/2024 07:42
Melissa Ziobro, curator for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music and adjunct professor of public history, will discuss the Archives at an event held at the Monmouth County Library Eastern Branch on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 1:30 p.m. Guests must register for this in-person program to reserve seating.
Ziobro will present an overview of the collection's history, programmatic and exhibition efforts to date, and an inside look at ongoing efforts to stage a major traveling exhibit while planning for a museum opening in 2026.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) at Monmouth University preserves the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrates the history of American music and its diversity of artists and genres. The collection holds close to 50,000 items dating from 1927 to the present. Monmouth University recently announced a new 30,000 square foot building to house the Archives, related exhibition galleries, and a 230 seat, state-of-the-art theater