Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA), world-renowned museum and exhibition design firm, has completed the conceptual phase of its development. Once our fundraising goals are met, RAA will begin construction of the exhibits, placement of exhibits in the museum, and opening to the public.
The museum’s first phase will be created in an existing building located in historic Old Town Winchester. Celebrating Patsy Cline plans to interpret Patsy Cline’s passionate and poignant life story through experiential exhibits. These exhibits feature a chronological walkway through Patsy’s life; complete with artifacts, photo murals, and montages representing the different people, places, and events of Patsy’s life. Accompanying the different episodes of her life story, the museum will feature the images, related sounds, and moving pictures of her era, creating a soundscape and visual tapestry of her life and singing career.
While presenting Patsy’s musical legacy to worldwide audiences during this first phase of the museum, Celebrating Patsy Cline will continue to actively collect and preserve her music, memories, and memorabilia for future generations in the museum.
Celebrating Patsy Cline will soon begin a fund-raising campaign—the largest in its history—to create a living tribute to Patsy Cline. Physically and conceptually, Celebrating Patsy Cline will cultivate the museum over the next several years, creating a new kind of museum for worldwide Patsy Cline audiences, one that unites community and artistic interests in fresh, compelling ways and enhances an appreciation of Patsy's life, legacy, and music through the visual arts, music and unique performances.
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"My new house is going to have wall-to-wall awards!"
-Patsy Cline
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