The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum aims to interpret, preserve, and collect the traditions and evolving history of county music. The building provides a remarkably modern touch to the skyline of Nashville, and is centrally located within the city's quickly growing core, across the street from Music City Center and Bridgestone Arena. Nearby is the popular honky-tonks of Broadway. The cultural importance of country music is taught to visitors of the museum through exhibits, educational programs, and publications.

Along with world class galleries, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum contains the Taylor Swift Education Center, event rental spaces, the 213-seat Ford Theater, and the 776-seat CMA Theater. It also includes other historic properties, such as the legendary Hatch Show Print letterpress operation and the Historic RCA Studio B, the oldest surviving recording studio in Nashville, where recordings by Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, and Elvis Presley among several others were made. The museum has been accredited since 1987 by the American Alliance of Museum. This certifies that it operates to the highest standards, provides the public with quality service, and responsibly manages its collection of over two million items.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has created several platforms to make its collection more accessible to a broader audience. From its Words and Music program, the museum's songwriting workshop for schools, to instrument demonstrations each week, the museum provides a wide variety of educational programs. In addition to its programs, the museum operates CMF Records and CMF Press, which publishes books related to museum exhibits.

Also known as the "Smithsonian of Country Music" due to its unmatched collection, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has now doubled in size and includes state-of-the-art galleries, retail stores, education classrooms, archival storage, and space for special events that feature stunning views of downtown Nashville. The core exhibit of the museum is Sing Me Back Home: A Journey Through Country Music. In this exhibition, visitors are immersed in the sounds and history of country music, the voices and stories of several of its architects, and its traditions and origins. The story is told through text panels, photographs, and artifacts, with an overlay of interactive touchscreens, vintage video, and recorded sound.

The Sing Me Back Home permanent exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum shares country music's story from its nineteenth century, pre-commercial roots to its present day vibrant life. The multi-layered, interesting experience features original recording, interactive touchscreens, artifacts, archival video, photographs, text panels, and films. This immersive exhibit showcases the sounds and history of country music, the voices and lives of its honored artists, and country music's meanings. The self-guided tour travels through topics, such as "Country During the War Years," while each artifact case has a different theme. Visitors can see the glassed-in, two-floor central archives throughout their journey through the exhibit, where the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum houses its vast collection and staff can be seen working with recordings and artifacts.

222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, Phone: 615-416-2001

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