The center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is dedicated to the cultural significance of the elusive songwriter, and houses over 100,000 items from the musician's archives.
m A new museum and archive dedicated to Bob Dylan and his work is set to open Tuesday the culmination of a six-year journey that began when local banking and oil billionaire George Kaiser's foundation bought Dylan's voluminous personal archive and pledged to create a home for it. For the first time, the public be able to see some of more than 100,000 items in Dylan's personal archive including multiple song drafts, rare recordings and videos, and artifacts such as the battered Turkish drum that inspired the song "Mr. Tambourine Man." It promises a historic new look into the creative engine that has driven the singer's 60-year-career. When Dylan came to Tulsa for a concert last month, he did not visit the center being created in his honor, although his longtime bassist, Tony Garnier, did stop by. Dylan instead made time to attend the season opener for the Tulsa Drillers the town's minor league baseball team, according to historian Douglas Brinkle
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In Tulsa, Okla., a former warehouse has been transformed into a repository for 100,000 items from the singer-songwriter's archives, including manuscripts and notebooks offering a window into the painstaking craft of one of America's foremost musical artists.