But this is a 21st century museum dominated by sounds and moving images. It’s hard to find a spot where you can’t overhear a crowd chant or a guitar solo pumping from one exhibit or another. There are five interactive exhibits and 20 films playing here, from kiosk shorts to the 50-foot high, wraparound movie that provides a you-are-there version of the concert.

Much of the exhibition is interactive. Visitors can lose themselves in front of touch-screens that replay songs from the era. It is possible to hear music’s evolution year by year, from 1960 to 1968, with hits from folk and country, pop, rock and rhythm and blues. The pivotal year, 1969, is afforded its own musical encyclopedia so visitors can experience the palette from which Woodstock’s creators worked.

And the museum itself? It’s entertaining and briskly informative...if you visit the museum, which I recommend, here’s what I would do: play with the interactive screens, admire the replica hippie bus, watch the film clips of Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez and the Who.