C&G Partners has been selected as exhibition designer for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music. Opening in 2026, the building, designed by architects COOKFOX, will be a permanent addition to the campus of Monmouth University in New Jersey.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music “preserves the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrates the history of American music and its diversity of artists and genres.” Opening in 2026, the 30,000-square-foot building will feature exhibition galleries throughout, designed by C&G Partners.

Designed by the acclaimed New York-based architectural firm COOKFOX, the building will be located on the campus of Monmouth University, not far from where Springsteen wrote his landmark song, “Born to Run,” nearly 50 years ago. The Archives preserve approximately 35,000 holdings dating from 1927 to the present.

The Center for American Music will feature exhibits on Springsteen and showcase diverse topics and themes in American music, while the Archives will offer visitors the chance to listen to oral histories and interviews, watch rare film footage, and explore major moments in music history. Intimate concerts, teacher workshops, symposia, lectures, film series, and other public and educational programs will also be part of the mission of the Archives and Center for American Music.

(Rendering by COOKFOX)