Bob Moog Memorial Foundation For Electronic Music Inc

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY FOR MOOGSEUM IS TO DISPLAY THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF BOB MOOG.

DR. BOB'S SOUNDSCHOOL: ALTHOUGH THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO PRESENT CHALLENGES TO EXPANSION, OUR HALLMARK EDUCATION PROGRAM, DR. BOB'S SOUNDSCHOOL, SERVED OVER 75 CLASSROOMS IN 2021, EDUCATING 1,800 STUDENTS, PROVIDING 18,000 INDIVIDUAL LESSONS AND TRAINING OVER 30 SECOND GRADE TEACHERS. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT BOTH THE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL VERSIONS OF THE CURRICULUM, AND WE OFFERED CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR ALL 75 TEACHERS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY THROUGH PROVIDING A ROBUST AND EXPANDED ONLINE TEACHER PORTAL, REPLETE WITH SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL TOOLS TO FACILITATE THEIR TEACHING. WE CONTINUED WORK ON A CUSTOM EDUCATIONAL TOOL, THE THERESCOPE, AND WE DEVELOPED TWO PROTOTYPES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT WILL ENABLE US TO SCALE THE PROGRAM NATIONWIDE.

BOB MOOG FOUNDATION ARCHIVES: WE CONTINUED THE PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE BOB MOOG FOUNDATION ARCHIVES IN 2021. WE MAINTAIN AN OFF-SITE ARCHIVAL, CLIMATE-CONTROLLED STORAGE UNIT FOR OUR VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS. WE ACQUIRED A 1968 MOOG MODULAR SYNTHESIZER WORTH OVER $40,000 AND EMBARKED ON A MONTHS-LONG PROCESS OF RESTORATION, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY LAUDED RESTORATIONIST STEVE MASUCCI. WE ALSO RECEIVED DONATIONS A VINTAGE MOOG LIBERATION SYNTHESIZER AND THE FIRST MINIMOOG VOYAGER EVER SOLD. WE ARE NOW SHARING THE MINIMOOG THROUGH THE MOOGSEUM, AND WE HAVE WORKED TO BUILD A COMPLETE RECORD OF THAT LIBERATION, INCLUDING PRESENTING A LIVE STREAM DEDICATED TO IT. WE RECEIVED SCORES OF DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS AS DONATIONS TO THE ARCHIVE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CATALOGED AND HOUSED IN ARCHIVAL STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR FUTURE USE. WE ADOPTED THE USE OF ARCHIVAL SOFTWARE, COLLECTOR'S SYSTEM, AND BEGAN UPLOADING MATERIAL FROM THE ARCHIVES INTO IT IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE OUR COLLECTION MORE ACCESSIBLE IN THE COMING YEARS. FINALLY, WE HAVE PROVIDED NUMEROUS RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORS WITH ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FOR USE IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS.

MOOGSEUM: THE MOOGSEUM WELCOMED OVER 9,000 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN 2021. IN THE SUMMER, WE ADDED PERSONNEL TO ENABLE THE MOOGSEUM TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IN MAY WE ADDED A NEW PIECE OF VINTAGE HARDWARE, THE FIRST MINIMOOG VOYAGER EVER SOLD, TO THE "BOB'S WORKBENCH" EXHIBIT, WHERE IT WAS THEN SEEN BY OVER 5,000 PEOPLE. WE UNDERWENT A PLANNING PROCESS FOR A SMALL EXPANSION TO THE MOOGSEUM TO ACCOMMODATE THREE NEW EXHIBITS, INCLUDING HIRING AN ARCHITECT TO RECONFIGURE THE SPACE AND SECURING A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO COMPLETE THE WORK. THAT WORK BEGAN IN EARLY 2022. IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, WE BEGAN DESIGNING A NEW INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS WITH EXHIBIT DESIGN FIRM SOUNDS AMAZING, WHICH TOOK OVER SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE. WE ALSO EMBARKED ON A PROCESS TO IMPROVE OUR TWO MAIN TIMELINE EXHIBITS, WHICH FEATURE OVER 1,000 PIECES OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.