Bethel Woods
The site now. The field kept as it was, the 1984 monument, the museum that opened in 2008, the performing arts centre, the anniversary gatherings, and the pilgrims who still walk down the hill to stand in the bowl.
Part of Woodstock
56 moments in this segment.
- - Canned Heat at the Woodstock Reunion, 1979. Canned Heat performing at the Woodstock Reunion festival on 7 September 1979. A 1979 photograph, not from the 1969 festival.
- - The Wallkill anniversary marker. A New York State historic marker in Wallkill, Orange County, commemorating the festival's fifteenth anniversary. A modern photograph, not from 1969.
- - Sunlight harvested here. A sign on the grounds of the former festival site at Bethel Woods. A modern photograph.
- - The bowl-shaped field today. The natural amphitheatre that held the 1969 audience, photographed in December 2007. A modern photograph, not a 1969 image.
- - Candles left at the site. A table of memorial candles left by visitors at the original festival site. A modern photograph.
- - The original festival site. The original Woodstock festival site at Bethel, photographed in December 2007. A modern photograph, not a 1969 image.
- - Trees at Bethel Woods. The grounds of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, built on the 1969 festival land. A modern photograph.
- - The Bethel Woods grounds. Another view of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts grounds on the former festival site. A modern photograph.
- - The monument's line-up panel. The left panel of the Bethel monument listing the performers who played the 1969 festival, photographed in December 2007.
- - The 'Peace and Music' marker. The bronze 'Peace and Music' marker on the original Woodstock site, photographed in December 2007.
- - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the performing-arts complex built on the 1969 festival site and opened in 2006. Photographed in December 2007.
- - The monument's second line-up panel. The right panel of the Bethel monument, continuing the list of 1969 performers. Photographed in December 2007.
- - The 69/99 wood marker. A carved wooden marker on the original festival site. A modern photograph.
- - The '69/'99 wooden marker. A wooden marker on the original site recording both 1969 and the 1999 anniversary. Photographed in December 2007.
- - Inside the new museum, 2008. AP Television footage from Bethel on 2 June 2008 with senior museum director Mike Eagan, as the first visitors walk the displays.
- - The Museum at Bethel Woods opens. AP report from 2 June 2008 on the opening of the museum on the original festival site, part of a $100 million arts centre.
- - Forty years later, Woodstock lives on. New York Times video on the Bethel Woods museum, opened in June 2008, and the festival's continuing hold on American memory.
- - The fortieth anniversary at Bethel. Voice of America report from the 2009 anniversary weekend, including how a festival named for one town ended up in another.
- - A painted VW bus at Bethel. A decorated Volkswagen bus parked at the Bethel site, photographed in August 2011.
- - Panorama of Bethel Woods. A panoramic view across the Bethel Woods site, photographed in July 2012.
- - The 1969 monument at Bethel. The commemorative monument on the original festival field at Bethel. A modern photograph taken in 2016.
- - Archaeologists Excavate the Woodstock Site. Associated Press on the first formal excavation of the festival grounds, to establish exactly where the stage stood.
- - The historic-site placard. The interpretive placard marking the Woodstock festival site as a historic place, photographed for Wiki Loves Monuments. A modern photograph.
- - The Woodstock monument, 2018. The Bethel monument photographed in September 2018.
- - A new documentary returns to Bethel. ABC7's Sandy Kenyon reports from Bethel on a 2019 documentary taking a different view of the 1969 event.
- - Marker at the festival location. A marker at the Woodstock festival location in Bethel, photographed in June 2019.
- - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Woodstock Exhibit. Michael Carabello of Santana and Freddie Stone of Sly and the Family Stone recall their sets, in a museum exhibit for the 50th anniversary.
- - Bethel Woods curator on the 1960s illustrated. Wade Lawrence, founding director and senior curator of the Museum at Bethel Woods, gives a multimedia lecture at the Norman Rockwell Museum on the era that produced the festival.
- - Arlo Guthrie returns to the field. Arlo Guthrie, 22 when he played the festival, gives a full interview after performing one song on the same ground fifty years later.
- - The monument sign. The interpretive sign beside the Woodstock monument at Bethel, photographed in June 2021.
- - Welcome sign at Bethel Woods. The entrance sign at Bethel Woods, photographed in June 2021.
- - Covid-19 guidance at Bethel Woods, 2021. Pandemic guidance signage at Bethel Woods in June 2021, as the site reopened to visitors.
- - The 'Peace Tree' at the festival site. A tree at the Bethel site decorated by visitors with ribbons and tokens, photographed in June 2021.
- - Visitor stickers left at the site. Stickers left by visitors at the Woodstock festival site in Bethel, photographed in June 2021.
- - The festival monument, 2021. The Woodstock monument on the original Bethel site, photographed in June 2021.
- - The Museum at Bethel Woods. 1969 festival and the 1960s, photographed in October 2021.
- - The concert field in 2021. The 1969 concert field at Bethel as it appeared in October 2021. A modern photograph of the site, not a 1969 image.
- - The museum at fifty-four years. ABC7 entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon on how the Bethel Woods museum holds the memory of the festival that named a generation.
- - Camping on the festival grounds. Report on Bethel Woods opening on-site camping on the original 1969 concert field for the 2024 season.
- - Two friends return after fifty-five years. AP follows Beverly Grant, who hitchhiked in without a ticket in 1969, and Ellen Shelburne, who came in a VW Microbus, as they return to the site in 2024.
- - A festival crowd at Bethel Woods, 2024. An audience at the Outlaw Music Festival at Bethel Woods in July 2024, on the ground where the 1969 festival was held. A modern photograph.
- - The Woodstock site in 2024. The 1969 festival site at Bethel Woods photographed in July 2024.
- - Inukshuk sculpture at Bethel Woods. Wayne Holbert's Inukshuk sculpture on the Bethel Woods grounds, photographed in July 2024.
- - New York State historic marker. The New York State historic marker for the Woodstock Music Festival site at Bethel Woods, photographed in July 2024.
- - The site in 4K. A long-form visit to the Bethel Woods grounds and the nonprofit arts centre now occupying the historic festival field.
- - An attendee recorded for the museum archive. Excerpt from a first-hand account recorded on 24 April 2025 by the Museum at Bethel Woods for its ongoing project collecting testimony from people who were there.
- - The fifty-sixth anniversary week, 2025. Report on Woodstock Anniversary Week 2025 at Bethel Woods, running 12 to 15 August with live music, films and peace workshops on the original site.
- - Walking the historic grounds. A tour of the amphitheatre and field at Bethel Woods built on the original festival site, filmed for the 2025 anniversary.
- - Camping at Bethel Woods, 2025 season. The venue's own spot for camping on the 1969 site, available from May through October.
- - Peace, Love and Pumpkins at Bethel. The site's fifth annual autumn walk-through, held on the grounds of the 1969 festival from 10 October to 2 November 2025.
- - Inside the Woodstock Museum, 2025. A walk through the museum galleries and out onto the historic concert field at Bethel.
- - A pilgrimage to Bethel in 2025. A solo visit to the hill at Bethel where the 1969 stage stood, and what the site means to a visitor arriving more than half a century later.
- - Peace, Love and Lights, 2025. Bethel Woods CEO Eric Frances on the winter light display conceived out of necessity during the pandemic and now an annual fixture at the site.
- - A hat worn at the 1969 festival. The Museum at Bethel Woods presents the Jim Merrie Boone hat from its collection, worn at the festival in August 1969.
- - The museum in March 2026. A walk through the Woodstock Museum galleries at Bethel Woods, filmed on 7 March 2026.
- - The real Woodstock location, 2026. A visit to Bethel Woods and its museum, distinguishing the actual 1969 site from the town of Woodstock that gave the festival its name.
