O街博物馆基金会
官方网址:http://www.omuseum.org
西文名称:O Street Museum Foundation
机构类型:博物馆
机构地址:华盛顿
所在区域:北美洲, 美国
馆藏规模:15,000件
主要艺术家:Kurt Wenner、Edward Clark、Frederic Hart等
成立时间:1998
机构简介

O街博物馆基金会是一个专注于探索创作过程的博物馆,位于华盛顿特区,坐落在五栋相互连接的联排别墅内,包括100多间客房和32个秘密门。 收藏了包含15,000件艺术品,20,000本书籍、建筑、手稿、音乐和纪念品。游客可以聆听独特的音乐,阅读手稿和珍本书籍,触摸和探索艺术和雕塑,并参观不同的建筑风格。

博物馆收藏永久展品中的包括雕塑家弗雷德里克·哈特和弗雷德里克·雷明顿的作品、库尔特·温纳的画作、爱德华·克拉克的建筑、奥斯卡获奖三部曲“指环王”的签名剧本、约翰·列侬的绘画。博物馆正在展出一些展品,包括杰拉尔德·约翰逊的摇滚女性、摄影师桑德琳·李的节奏反叛者、以及Chip Duncan的阿富汗、巴基斯坦和达尔富尔的摄影回顾展。

The O Street Museum Foundation is a museum which focuses on exploring the creative process. Located in Washington, D.C., O Street Museum Foundation is housed in five interconnected town houses that include over 100 rooms and 32 secret doors. The collection contains 15,000 pieces of art, 20,000 books, architecture, manuscripts, music, and memorabilia. 

Visitors can listen to unique music, leaf through manuscripts and rare books, touch and explore art and sculpture, and tour through different architectural styles.The museum houses both permanent and rotating exhibits. Pieces represented in the collection are works by sculptors Frederic Hart and Frederic Remington, paintings by Kurt Wenner, architecture by Edward Clark, signed scripts of the Academy Award winning trilogy Lord of the Rings, letters and drawings by John Lennon which were featured in the book, The John Lennon Letters by Hunter Davies, and 60 signed Gibson guitars. The signed guitar collection includes guitars from Les Paul, inventor of the electric guitar, The Eagles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Paul Williams, The Rolling Stones, U2, Sean Lennon, and J.D. Souther. Several exhibits are on rotation at the museum including Women Who Rock by Gerald Johnson, Rhythmic Rebels by photographer Sandrine Lee, and Faces of Hope, a photography retrospective of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Darfur by Chip Duncan. Faces of Hope debuted at The 2011 World Peace Festival and is featured in the book, Enough to Go Around—Searching for Hope in Afghanistan, Pakistan & Darfur.