Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum

Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is set in downtown Nashville, just a few blocks from the honky-tonks of Broadway and the famed root of C&W music, the Ryman Auditorium.

This fresh $37 million placement was opened in 2001, and the monolithic face of this singular museum animates the skyline in Nashville's business district amusement area.

The Museum has an incredibly vast aggregation to memorialize C&W music's yore, and within, the crown jewels of the assemblage are shown, illustrating the history of country music straddling centuries.

You'll find collections of historical pre-recorded music, uncommon television film, changing exhibits, live musical events and other public performances, live broadcasts, along with, not to mention eating at SoBro Grill & Catering and shopping at the Museum Store.

Catching the displays of the Hall educates and excites C&W music fans of all years and walks of life, from the newest country music fans to those who've loved C&W music for umpteen years.

As you walk through the exhibit halls, you'll view the procession of country music commencing in the fields and saloons of the south, all the way to the Grand Ole Opry and the megahits of our country & western sensations these days.

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is self-led, so you can view it at your own pace - people commonly take 2-3 hours.  The Museum offers an Audio Tour (70 minutes), recounted by Eddie Stubbs (WSM Radio & Grand Ole Opry host), along with parts recited by Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, and Trisha Yearwood.

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum presents "Sing Me Back Home" as a permanent exhibit covering two overall floors of the building, an exciting trip through the life of country music.

Using groundbreaking recordings, objects, photos and television footage, and interactive touchscreen boards, Sing Me Back Home soaks viewers in the sound and history of C&W music, and the lives and voices of its beloved stars.

As the "Sing Me Back Home" tour ends, you'll go in the Hall of Fame Rotunda, another permanent exhibit.  This is the sacred location where Country Music Hall of Fame® members are respected with bronze tablets marking their initiation into the Hall of Fame.

Time spent at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is an necessary portion of any Nashville vacation. You'll experience it is both informative and amusing. And with the appreciation of the history of Nashville's music you'll gain an improved admiration of Nashville.