"Decades after the novelists and poets who became known as the Beat Generation inspired a literary and cultural revolution, a museum celebrating the era with rare books, photos and memorabilia opened this weekend in the city that entranced Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti."

"'I see the Beat Generation as an enlightening movement,’’ said founder Jerry Cimino, 51, who kept his collection of beat artifacts at his Monterey home while working in the computer industry. "Because they followed their dreams they changed the world.'’’

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