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The Beat Museum is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the .

The Beat Generation was a group of post-WWII artists who challenged the social norms of the 1950s, encouraged experimentation with drugs and sexuality, practiced various types of Eastern religion, and desired to grow as humans. Also known as 'The Beats', they became famous in the 1950s and remain influential today. While dozens of personalities were involved in the formative years of the movement, the most celebrated members were , , William S. Burroughs, and .Editor, FCJ. "The Beat Goes On". Fog City Journal. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

Some musicians are also considered to be part of the Beat Generation's legacy including , , , and . and are examples of authors influenced by the Beat generation.

The Beat Museum is dedicated to spreading the values of the Beat Generation, “Compassion, Tolerance, and of Living One’s Own Individual Truth.”. Its collection holds thousands of pieces of memorabilia from the era, hundreds of photographs of the Beats and their contemporaries, and an extensive book selection.

History
The Beat Museum began in Monterey, California in 2003 because the founders, Jerry and Estelle Cimino, were living there at that time. Estelle had some surplus office space which included a separate entrance at her downtown location for her career counseling business called the Career Action Center. Jerry had recently left corporate America and was ready to try something new, so he placed his personal collection of Beat memorabilia on display in downtown Monterey.

The Beat Museum on Wheels
Wanting to share the Beat Museum with the rest of America, Cimino and John Allen Cassady, son of Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty in On the Road) and , founded the Beat Museum on Wheels. Traveling from California to Maine to Florida and back again in an 345 motorhome in the fall of 2004 and 2005, Cimino and Cassady spoke at universities, high schools, and community centers. Stops included , Wayne State University in Detroit, , Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County as well as performances at community centers such as the Henry Miller Memorial Library in , the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio, KerouacFest in Windber, Pennsylvania, ArtSplash in Rockaway, New York and Lowell Celebrates Kerouac in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The Beat Museum relocates to San Francisco
Coming off the success of The Beat Museum on Wheels two year roadshow, The Beat Museum moved from Monterey, California to San Francisco's North Beach District in 2006. Initially, the museum secured a space for three months at the Live Worms Gallery on . Later, it moved to a much larger location at 540 Broadway (at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Broadway Street) directly across the street from City Lights Bookstore, at the epicenter of the 1950s San Francisco Beat hangout spots.

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was the guest of honor for the opening weekend at the Beat Museum in North Beach and both the and ran articles that ran in hundreds of newspapers around the world. Special guests at the opening included , , , , John Allen Cassady, Anne Marie Maxwell and .

Exhibitions and acquisitions
The museum has both permanent exhibitions and rotating exhibitions.

Much of the Beat Museum's acquisitions are items donated by family members, friends, and fans of the Beat generation. Recently donated pieces include the archives of publishers Arthur and Kit Knight; memorabilia from Kerouac's funeral; and Allen Ginsberg's typewriter. The referee shirt worn by Neal Cassady in ’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is on permanent display in the museum, as is Jack Kerouac’s tweed jacket, an original card, and many other novelties from the Beat era.

, director of 2012’s film adaptation of On the Road, donated the 1949 Hudson car to the Beat Museum. Per Salles’s request, the car is not to be cleaned: the dirt and grime of the famous cross-country road trip are to remain as part of the car. Permanent exhibits include details and memorabilia from the 1957 Howl obscenity trial, original art by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, , and , a first edition copy of Kerouac’s first novel, The Town and the City, an advance copy from his hometown library, 'Women of the Beat Generation', which showcases the oft-forgotten Beat women,

(2012). 9780813135809, University Press of Kentucky. .
a room to display a continuously playing documentary, an exhibit called Passing the Torch: How the Beats Became the Hippies, and more. As of 2021 an iteration of the , along with original manuscripts, first editions, and letters, rounds out the permanent collection.Beat Museum (September 27, 2021). "The Dreamachine". Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Past visiting exhibitions include: Harold Chapman photography of the Beat Hotel; Jim Hatchett photography of , , and Michael McClure, and Brother Antoninus a.k.a. William Everson.

Celebrity supporters
Celebrity visitors to the Beat Museum include musicians , and ’s . Former governor and professional wrestler , actors , , , (Sons of Anarchy), Michael Imperioli (Sopranos), film maker and comedian and magician , and singer . Waits’s song “California, Here I Come” is inspired by On the Road.

The Beat Museum is highlighted in Jillette’s book Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!, “For a Beat fan, beatnik, peacenik, old hippie capitalist guy like me, this is the only museum that matters. Who needs old dinosaur bones?”.

(2012). 9781101600740, Penguin. .
Jillette also poses semi-nude in a photograph in the book in homage to a similar photograph by Allen Ginsberg and that hangs in the museum. As a comedian and entertainer, Jillette says he can relate to a story about Allen Ginsberg being heckled at a poetry reading and then shedding his clothes, “The poet stands naked before the world. Are you willing to stand naked before the world?”.

Public programs
The Beat Museum holds regular readings and book signings and takes part in literature events such as the .

Sources
  • Karp, Evan. “The museum that Jack Kerouac built.” Examiner. 7 August 2010.
  • McManis, Sam. “Discoveries: Beat generation lives in San Francisco museum.” The Sacramento Bee, 16 June 2013. http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/16/5495388/discoveries-beat-generation-lives.html
  • Nolte, Carl. “New Museum, public display pay homage to Beat Generation / Kerouac fan opens Grant Avenue digs – ‘On the Road’ scroll be shown at library.” SF Gate, 13 January 2006.http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-New-museum-public-display-pay-2506622.php
  • Russo, Tony. “Attention Cool Cats: Frisco’s Beat Museum Welcomes You.” The Air Space, 27 October 2012. http://theairspace.net/commentary/attention-cool-cats-friscos-beat-museum-welcomes-you/
  • Mickleburgh, Rod. “Kerouac and Me and the Beat Museum.” Mickleblog, 10 October 2013. http://mickleblog.wordpress.com/tag/jerry-cimino/
  • Petruccelli, Kathryn. “The Beats Go On: Jerry Cimino’s shrine to Kerouac, et al, keeps the flame of the 50s alive.” Monterey County Weekly, 27 November 2003. http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/article_8c147295-9ff8-53ea-a741-56f665cdac91.html
  • Odegard, Dave. “Big Change, Big Sur: Is Jack Kerouac Actually Filmable?” Word & Film, 11 November 2013. http://www.wordandfilm.com/2013/11/big-change-big-sur-is-jack-kerouac-actually-filmable/
  • Samay, Melanie. “The Making of The Beat Museum.” Contemporary Jewish Museum, no date given. http://cjmvoices.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-making-of-beat-museum.html
  • Staff Writer, SF Examiner – Beat Museum Gets Permanent Digs on Broadway

Further reading
  • Leland, John. “Carolyn Cassady, Beat Writer and Muse, Dies at 90.” New York Times Https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/books/carolyn-cassady-beat-generation-writer-dies-at-90.html
  • "The Beats Go On" - Interview with Jerry Cimino UMBC Magazine Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFwDWg_FxEU
  • Cimino, Jerry. “4,000 Miles in a ’49 Hudson: On the Road Exclusive.” Huffington Post, 12 July 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/4000-miles-in-a-49-hudson_b_890802.html
  • Cimino, Jerry. “Heroes and Anti-Heroes.” Huffington Post, 4 August 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/heroes-and-antiheroes_b_915529.html
  • Cimino, Jerry. “ On the Road – Delivers!” Huffington Post, 23 May 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/on-the-road-delivers_b_1538463.html
  • Cimino, Jerry. “’On the Road’ Movie Trailer Promises as Adaptations Worthy of Keroacu.” Huffington Post, 9 March 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/on-the-road-movie-trailer_b_1335975.html
  • Cimino, Jerry. “Katy Perry: ‘Firework’ Inspired by Jack Kerouac's ‘On the Road.’” Huffington Post, 21 February 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/katy-perry-firework-kerouac_b_1291618.html
  • No author given. “The Beat Museum campaign.” Communication Arts, 28 February 2008. http://www.commarts.com/exhibit/beat-museum-campaign
  • No author given. “The Beat Museum: Poster, 6.” Ads of the World, no date given. http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/the_beat_museum_poster_6

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