The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM)) is a bluegrass music museum in RiverPark Center near downtown Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. The museum has inter-active exhibits, posters, costumes, live instrument demonstrations, and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The museum has 2044 m2 (21,000 square feet) of exhibits and offices on 2 floors. As a non-profit group, the International Bluegrass Music Museum has raised funds with the help of famous bluegrass musicians such as Ricky Skaggs and Ralph Stanley.
They host their own annual summer festival, ROMP (River Of Music Party). The next ROMP Bluegrass Roots & Branches festival will take place June 28th 29th and 30th 2012. Jam sessions are the first Thursdays of every month. The International Bluegrass Music Museum is the world's only facility dedicated to the history and preservation of the international history of bluegrass music.
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