Is there such a thing? Devoted to the lore and history of this great instrument? If anyone's heard of any such I'd love to hear about it. A Google search turned up only perhipheral mentions in museums of "ancient Instruments" [smith college I think it was]
You go ahead and get the grant from the Canadian government, and I'll move to Toronto to help leech off the money...I mean, to help you facilitate and operate this fine establishment. {ahem}
I have visited B B King's wig museum in Finchley, Texas. They not only have a collection of wigs (and rare wig glues such as SyripStik and Hair Hat Araldite)of the rich and famous but also have a side exhibit of hotwiter bottles and potato peelers of the hot and bothered. It was a fine 5 minutes entertainment.
You just have to see the Matt Monroe gallery. Who'd of thought such a great singer could have also collected such a fab array of rubber waterbottles and pre-WWII potato peelers?
In most museums I will stare at the instruments, wishing I could get my hands on them to play them...............
.......on the other hand for the bodhran I say "Best place for them".
Oh, sorry, thought we were talking about tenor banjos for a moment.......
I went to the bagpipe museum in Edinbro but had to keep moving to follow it up and down the street.
Only joking - it is worth a vist.
Do they search you for knives etc. when you go in a bodhran museum?
They haven't got space to display them all as people keep leaving more bodhrans there.
Bodhran museum?
Bodhran museum?
Is there such a thing? Devoted to the lore and history of this great instrument? If anyone's heard of any such I'd love to hear about it. A Google search turned up only perhipheral mentions in museums of "ancient Instruments" [smith college I think it was]
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by skin&bow
Re: Bodhran museum?
There used to be one in Edinburgh but it burnt down- they haven't caught the guy responsible.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by Here Lyeth
Re: Bodhran museum?
Haha. Smith College would, wouldn't it?
They have a bagpipe museum here in Glasgow. Surprised that's still standing.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Bodhran museum?
P-K/Silver
I'm deadly serious you know.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by skin&bow
Re: Bodhran museum?
There's a goat museum in Australia: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2007389/Australia-opens-worlds-first-goat-museum.html
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by RichardB
Re: Bodhran museum?
We're getting closer....
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by skin&bow
Re: Bodhran museum?
Serious, mtodd? In the immortal words of John McEnroe....
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by Here Lyeth
Re: Bodhran museum?
You go ahead and get the grant from the Canadian government, and I'll move to Toronto to help leech off the money...I mean, to help you facilitate and operate this fine establishment. {ahem}
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Bodhran museum?
I have an arts grant application in the mail to Ottawa as we speak Ian.
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by skin&bow
Re: Bodhran museum?
HA! Good man Michael!
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Bodhran museum?
"they haven't caught the guy responsible" - to give him the cheque?
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by showaddydadito
Re: Bodhran museum?
I have visited B B King's wig museum in Finchley, Texas. They not only have a collection of wigs (and rare wig glues such as SyripStik and Hair Hat Araldite)of the rich and famous but also have a side exhibit of hotwiter bottles and potato peelers of the hot and bothered. It was a fine 5 minutes entertainment.
You just have to see the Matt Monroe gallery. Who'd of thought such a great singer could have also collected such a fab array of rubber waterbottles and pre-WWII potato peelers?
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by Krick Stahlschwanz
Re: Bodhran museum?
Mtodd
If I hadn't gotten to know you, I might have taken this as a joke post!
If you have a grant, any particular reason the bodhran?
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by zippydw
Re: Bodhran museum?
In most museums I will stare at the instruments, wishing I could get my hands on them to play them...............
.......on the other hand for the bodhran I say "Best place for them".
Oh, sorry, thought we were talking about tenor banjos for a moment.......
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Bodhran museum?
There are a couple of really really old Bodhrans in the National museum in Dublin...
# Posted on August 26th 2009 by seaniemcg
Re: Bodhran museum?
I went to the bagpipe museum in Edinbro but had to keep moving to follow it up and down the street.
Only joking - it is worth a vist.
Do they search you for knives etc. when you go in a bodhran museum?
They haven't got space to display them all as people keep leaving more bodhrans there.
# Posted on August 28th 2009 by geoffwright
Re: Bodhran museum?
It's the elephants' graveyard effect.
# Posted on August 28th 2009 by Here Lyeth