Behind the Exhibit: “Chimes of Freedom: Protest, Patriotism & the Power of Song”

Go behind the scenes of Chimes of Freedom: Protest, Patriotism & the Power of Song - the inaugural exhibition in the OceanFirst Bank Special Exhibitions Gallery at the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music.

Spanning 250 years of American music, from "Yankee Doodle" to Springsteen's "Streets of Minneapolis," the exhibition traces how song has shaped civic life through protest, patriotism, mourning, and social change. In this episode of Behind the Exhibit, we take you inside the artifacts, photographs, and audiovisual media that bring this American tradition to life.

The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University preserves the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrates the history of American music and its diversity of artists and genres. As the home of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, the Center serves as the official repository for materials related to Springsteen and the E Street Band, including photographs, historic memorabilia, oral histories, and more. The Center also explores American music more broadly by producing exhibitions, concerts, and educational programming that interprets and honors the cultural impact of American music past, present, and future.