Bob Dylan Center Press Room

We welcome inquiries from members of the press who would like to know more about the Bob Dylan Center® and its mission. Please find downloadable assets and links to our press releases below. If you have a specific request not included in the below assets, please submit the below Media Inquiry Form.

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Assets Available for Download

Below find Bob Dylan Center assets available for download. Note the logo is locked and should not be separated from Tulsa, OK.

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Exterior view of the Bob Dylan Center featuring a mural by Erik Burke inspired by a Jerry Schatzberg photograph, "Bob Dylan, Edenic Innocence"

Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Courtesy of Bob Dylan Center®.

Visitors to the center are encouraged to explore their own creativity through the life and career of Bob Dylan.

Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Courtesy of Bob Dylan Center®.

The 16 foot entry gate was designed and built by Dylan at his Black Buffalo Artworks studio.

Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Courtesy of Bob Dylan Center®.

An ever-evolving curated display of elements that illuminate the depth and breadth of the Bob Dylan Archive® collection.

Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Courtesy of Bob Dylan Center®.

An immersive film experience initiates visitors through an innovative cascade of archival music and film, directed by renowned Dylan chronicler Jennifer Lebeau.

Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images. Courtesy of Bob Dylan Center®.

Designed by Olson Kundig, the world-class center houses and exhibit more than 100,000 exclusive cultural treasures created and owned by Bob Dylan over seven decades. These include handwritten lyric manuscripts to some of the world’s most treasured songs, previously unreleased recordings, never-before-seen film performances, rare and unseen photographs, visual art and other priceless items spanning Dylan’s unparalleled career as one of the world’s most important cultural figures.

Press Releases

BOB DYLAN CENTER TO HOST BECOMING BOB DYLAN: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TED RUSSELL 1961–1964

March 16, 2023

EXHIBITION OF RARE IMAGES FROM BOB DYLAN’S EARLY YEARS IN NEW YORK OPENS APRIL 26 TULSA, Okla.: The Bob Dylan Center® (BDC) will host Becoming Bob Dylan: Photographs by Ted Russell 1961–1964, an exhibition of rare images from Bob Dylan’s early years in New York City, beginning April 26 and running through Oct. 15, it was announced today by BDC Director Steven Jenkins and American Song Archives (ASA) Director of Archives and Exhibitions Mark Davidson. BDC tickets are available at bobdylancenter.com. Ted Russell’s photographs offer an important view into Bob Dylan’s life during the pivotal years of 1961 through 1964,

03/16/2023

New Exhibit: BOB DYLAN CENTER TO HOST BECOMING BOB DYLAN: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TED RUSSELL 1961–1964

Mentions in the Media

03/19/23

Tulsa World: 'Becoming Bob Dylan' exhibit to open April 26

05/08/22

CBS Sunday Morning: Bob Dylan Center: A window into the voice of a generation

05/06/22

The Washington Post: At 80, Bob Dylan finally gets a museum

05/06/22

Associated Press: How does it f-e-e-e-e-l? Bob Dylan museum opening in Tulsa

05/05/22

The New York Times: The $10 Million Bob Dylan Center Opens Up His Songwriting Secrets

04/25/22

Variety: Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa Names Steven Jenkins as Director

04/21/22

Vanity Fair: An Exclusive First Peek at the Bob Dylan Museum

04/18/22

The Washington Post: One Fan’s Search for Seeds of Greatness in Bob Dylan’s Hometown

02/01/22

Oklahoma Magazine: Blowin’ In the Wind: The new Bob Dylan center is set to open this May in downtown Tulsa

01/26/22

Smithsonian Magazine: The Most Anticipated Museum Openings of 2022

01/20/22

The Oklahoman: U.S. Poet Laureate Named Artist in Residence for Tulsa's New Bob Dylan Center

12/16/21

CNN Travel: Where to Travel in 2022

12/16/21

Frommer's: Best Place to Go in the United States in 2022

11/16/21

Rolling Stone: Hear Bob Dylan Perform 'He Was a Friend of Mine' in Previously Unreleased Recording From 1961

11/08/21

The Economist: Noteworthy new museums are opening their doors in 2022

03/23/17

CBS Sunday Morning: Inside The Bob Dylan Archive

10/14/16

The New York Times: Bob Dylan, The Musician: America’s Great One-Man Songbook

10/14/16

Tulsa World: Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize ‘Affirms The Importance Of The Collection’ Coming To Tulsa

03/02/16

The New York Times: Bob Dylan’s Secret Archive

“It’s that well-known quality of his personality, Dylan’s mysticism and sheer elusiveness, that gives the Archive extra weight, and provides rich insight into not only his creative process but the world that’s spun, tornado-like, around him.”

– Billboard