ABOUT AMBA

 The  American Museum of Beat Art   and it's   web site  is a archive and collection of works and artifacts pertaining to the Beat Generation, it's writers, poets, artists and their offspring. The growing Museum web site also contains an expanding gallery of artworks and artifacts  which access Beat culture to anyone on the world wide web.

We have a number of permanent and temporary collections of  images, biographies, and archival written matter. We accept donations of art works pertaining to the Beat generation and culture.

Our on-line Beat Store features books, poetry, collector's editions, and videotapes for sale.   As well, there are links  to other resources on the world wide web.

Membership in the American Museum of Beat Art is available via   on-line registration or by mail.

We are dedicated to exploring and celebrating Beat Art and Beat Culture.  Beside their world of bohemian non-conformity and  cultural non-compliance, the Beats created a wealth  of non-traditional artworks and experimental poetry and prose.  The Beat Generation writers and artists, through their redemption  of the commonplace, took art out of the galleries and back to  the streets.

 The Beats freedom of expression shook up post-war stasis  and gave birth to cultural diversity and the widespread  counter-culture of the sixties, seventies and beyond.
We are dedicated to the cause of perpetuating Beat Art  and Beatnik Culture and identifying its influence on Post-Beat contemporary culture.




 

HOW TO DONATE ARTWORK TO AMBA

 The   American Museum of Beat Art   gratefully accepts gifts of Beat-related paintings, drawings, assemblage, sculpture, manuscripts, original photos, and Beat-related ephemera.   Financial contributions are also gratefully accepted.

If you would like to donate to AMBA, please send us a color photograph and description of the artwork to be donated, to the address that follows:

CURATOR'S OFFICE

American Museum of Beat Art
506 North Garfield, Suite 200
Alhambra, CA 91801


We will review the artwork and let you know within two weeks if the donation is appropriate for our collection, or will ask you for additional information.   If the work is accepted, we will send you instruction on how to ship it to our museum.   Once the work is accepted we will send you a Receipt of a Gift which is provided as a record for your Tax Return.   AMBA is a qualified Non-Profit 501-C3 Corporation.

Note:   Appraisals for art must be made with outside appraisers and cannot be made by AMBA.   List of Approved Appraisers can be found in the Yellow Pages of most major metropolitan areas, or on the World Wide Web.





 

MUSEUM ADDRESS:

The American Museum of Beat Art
506. N. Garfield Ave. Suite 200
Alhambra, CA 91602
 tel: 626-308-4400



MUSEUM DIRECTORS:

Brian Koffman, MD     Allen Cohen     Doug Brutsche     Todd Easton Mills

Dal Swain

CURATORS:

Nick Dupré

 E-MAIL:

info@beatmuseum.org


THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BEAT ARTis a NON-PROFIT corporation
registered in California -- ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE




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