Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
This massive structure takes up an entire block of downtown Nashville!
Historic homes, graceful plantations, and museums of all kinds are scattered across Music City. A well-rounded amount of entertainment that does not involve music is easily found in this city. Here are some of the most popular and most extravagant museums in Nashville.
Nashville Art Museums and Galleries:
- Frist Center for the Visual Arts: 919 Broadway. Over 20,000 square feet of display gallery space is filled with collections from all over the world.
- The Parthenon: Centennial Park on West End and 25 Avenues. The world?s only full-size replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece features the world record breaking 42-foot high, gold leafed statue of Athena and other works from the Greek temple.
- Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum: 1200 Forrest Park Drive. 55-acres of exotically displayed botanic gardens fill an entire day, not to mention the museum, housed in an ancient antebellum home with fine porcelain, silver, and painting exhibits.
- Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame: 501 Broadway Avenue. This oversized exhibit space, located in the Gaylord Entertainment Center, is full of sports memorabilia, the Hall of Fame, virtual reality basketball, and other interactive stations.
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: 222 Fifth Avenue South. The history of country music is preserved and displayed with personal artist items, audio and video recordings, instruments and more.
- Upper House Chapel and Museum: 1908 grand avenue. This incredible art collection features a hand-carved wooden replica of Leonardo da Vinci?s masterpiec, The Last Supper.
- Cumberland Science Museum: 800 Fort Negley Boulevard. Prehistoric dinosaurs, a 40-foot planetarium, various scientific demonstrations, and more mysteries of the earth await at this intriguing museum that dares to ask why.
- Cultural Museum at Scarritt-Bennett Center: Exhibits vary from superb cultural items to intricate works from across the globe. Learn the impact of various art forms on cultures of the world.
- Tennessee State Museum: Fifth Avenue, between Union and Deaderick. State history represented at its best is found in this 70,000 square foot hall, one of the biggest in the nation. Both permanent and featured displays showcase time periods such as the civil war, reconstruction, antebellum, and prehistoric.
- Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery: 23rd and West End Avenues. Alternating exhibits throughout the year feature six different showcases, mostly from the collection of the Vanderbilt University. Fine art, including modern, classic, and more.
Historic Homes:
An enriching experience is not difficult to find in Nashville. From art, science, to local and world history, this town displays it all with only the best of style.
