Title: GUITAR: The Instrument the Rocked the World
Date: Jun 14 – Nov. 30, 2013
Time: Mon & Tues: 9am – 8pm
Wed – Sat.: 9am – 5pm
Closed Sundays
Location: Museum of Idaho
200 N. Eastern Ave.
Idaho Falls ID 83402
Cost: $8/Adult
$7/Senior
$6/Youth
$25/Family
$20/Family Night (Mon 5-8pm)
Website: www.museumofidaho.org
Facebook Event Listing: https://www.facebook.com/events/356662174438645/
Contact: Front Desk
Phone: 208-522-1400
Contact Info: info@museumofidaho.org
Description: GUITAR: The Instrument the Rocked the World, Jun 14 – Nov. 30, 2013
Play the world’s biggest guitar, measuring over 43 feet. Discover the secrets of the guitar from construction to sound creation. Watch the guitar’s evolution unfold – spanning thousands of years – from its medieval ancestors to the popular electrics we love today. Presented by Chesbro Music Co. and created by the National GUITAR Museum, GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World offers visitors an entertaining, engaging, and hands-on experience with one of the most important cultural icons in history – the guitar.
Featured items include the world’s largest guitar (43.5ft long x 16 ft wide), the world’s oldest electric guitar, an autographed guitar from Chuck Barry, Muddy Waters’ Guild Thunderbird S-200 electric guitar(circa 1966), and a Harmony Stratotone, formerly owned by Carl Perkins (circa 1953).
Address
200 N Eastern Ave
Idaho Falls, ID
United States
Contact Name
Laura Simpson
Email Address
info@museumofidaho.org
Location
Museum of Idaho
Phone
208-522-1400