~ Building The Dream Together ~
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~ Building The Dream Together ~
A Short History of the Hippie Museum - by Alicia Bay Laurel
Neill Kramer , a professional museum display designer and web business professional, got the idea of starting a hippie museum online. He ran the words Hippie Museum through a search engine and found a blog on my website, which Tim Miller, professor of religious studies at U Kansas Lawrence, hippie commune alumnus and author of many books on communes, and I, the author/illustrator of Living on the Earth, a hippie how-to guide to country living, were discussing the creation of a museum show about hippie communes that would travel from museum to museum. Neill emailed me and we began discussing the idea of a Hippie Museum.
I think Neill set up the Yahoo Group for the museum, and we attracted a bunch of creative people, including Char~* (our Webmistress and Glowing Ember ), Albert Bates of The Farm, composer/author Ramon Sender, Tim Miller, and Nicole Savage of the sfheart website.
From there we formed a Board of Directors (Alicia, Neill, Char and Albert) and began work on obtaining non-profit status
As to how Caroling Geary and Wholeo got to the Museum: One day I googled my name and got to her website about Wholeo, where she had mentioned Ramon's and my book Being of the Sun. So I wrote her a note in which I mentioned that she might want to trade links with the Hippie Museum. Eventually that led to Caroling reconstructing Wholeo at the Farm. Hooray for the Internet! ..... Alicia Bay Laurel
Your donations will be greatflully accepted soon ~
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Here is a rough outline of what you can find on the museum pages. Enjoy your visit.
Timeline
( links to "legendary" events, music, and personalities)
The Personal
(Fashion, Architecture, Transportation, Drugs, Spirituality )
The Political
(Anti-War Organigations, News, Underground Press, Diggers )
The Earth
( Back to the Land, Health, Spiruality, Communities)
Express Thyself
(Music, Art, Literature, Personalities)
Happenings
(Raibow Gatherings, Music, Current Events)
Collections
( 60's memoralbilia awaiting exhibition )
Join Us
(Membership, About Us, Museum Shop)
Updates
(a list of recent additions)
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We know the magic of people sharing and caring. Let's work together and make this happen. .............. With Love and dreams of Peace on Earth......... The Hippie Museum.
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