Bob Moog Memorial Foundation For Electronic Music Inc

TO INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE, MUSIC, TECHOLOGY AND INNOVATION. SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ARE OUR HALLMARK EDUCATIONAL PROJECT DR. BOB'S SOUNDSCHOOL, BOB MOOG FOUNDATION ARCHIVE AND THE MOOGSEUM WHICH BRINGS BOB MOOG'S LEGACY TO LIFE.

IN 2022 OUR HALLMARK EDUCATION PROJECT, DR. BOB'S SOUNDSCHOOL, SERVED 3,000 STUDENTS IN 125 CLASSROOMS IN THE ASHEVILLE AREA, PROVIDING AN INNOVATIVE 10- WEEK CURRICULUM, TEACHING THE SCIENCE OF SOUND THROUGH MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY. WE DELIVERED OVER 30,000 INDIVIDUAL LESSONS TO TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT OF RESOURCES TO CREATE A CUSTOM THEREMIN-BASED EDUCATIONAL TOOL, THE THERESCOPE, WHICH, WHEN READY TO BE MANUFACTURED, WILL ALLOW US TO SERVE CHILDREN NATIONWIDE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. BY THE END OF 2022, WE WERE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING PROTOTYPES FOR BOTH A HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE VERSION OF THE THERESCOPE.

THE PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE BOB MOOG FOUNDATION ARCHIVES CONTINUED AS WE ADDED AND RESTORED NUMEROUS DOCUMENTS, CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORABILIA, VIDEO, AND IMPORTANT VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS TO OUR COLLECTION,, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A VINTAGE MOOG SOURCE SIGNED BY BOB MOOG. WE DEVELOPED DETAILED CATALOGING AND LABELING PROCEDURES FOR ALL ARCHIVE MATERIALS. WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO ASCENSTION ITEMS INTO OUR ARCHIVAL SOFTWARE, COLLECTOR'S SYSTEM. FINALLY IN LATE 2022, THE BOB MOOG FOUNDATION ARCHIVES GARNERED THE ATTENTION OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT TO HAVE OUR ARCHIVES ASSESSED BY A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATIONIST. THE EXECUTION OF THAT GRANT WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2023.

THE MOOGSEUM, A 1,400-SQUARE-FOOT INTERACTIVE PUBLIC-FACING MUSEUM LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE, NC, OPENED ON MAY 23, 2019. THE MOOGSEUM IS COMPRISED OF 12 CUSTOM-DESIGNED EXPERIENTIAL EXHIBITS, THAT WERE CREATED TO INSPIRE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND KNOWLEDGES LEVEL. THE MOOGSEUM SEES OVER 10,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY, AND IS HERALDED LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY AS ONE OF THE BEST MUSEUMS OF ITS KIND. WE HAVE WELCOMED OVER 30,000 VISITORS TO THE MOOGSEUM SINCE ITS INCEPTION. IN EARLY 2022, WE CLOSED THE MOOGSEUM FOR SEVEN WEEKS FOR EXPANSION, OPENING AND RENOVATING THE BACK ROOM THAT HAD BEEN OFFICE SPACE, WHICH ALSO INCREASED OUR CAPACITY FOR MORE VISITORS. TWO NEW CUSTOM EXHIBITS WERE ADDED TO THE NEW SPACE AS PART OF OUR PATCHING SOUND EXPERIENCE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS AND GUIDES THE VISITOR HOW TO PATCH A MODULAR SYNTHESIZER. PATCHING SOUND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN MAY 2022.