Housed on three floors of the Performing Arts Center building, the Tennessee State Museum traces the state's history from the effigy pots.
April 10, 2006 (Press Release) --
Music Row
Music Row consists of two parts: the mogul's mecca along Music Square, where you'll find the platinum-studded offices of Nashville's production companies, agents, managers and promoters, and the tourist strip on Demonbreun St (pronounced di-MUN-bree-un) a few blocks block north.
Along the touristy stretch, the Country Music Wax Museum heads up a row of 'museums' and souvenir shops devoted to the likes of Hank Williams Jr and George Jones. Here you can record your own songs, sing karaoke or shell out for treasures like guitar-shaped flyswatters, Elvis cookbooks and playing cards with dated photos of big-haired country music stars.
Two block south, the lavish, devotional Country Music Hall of Fame provides a great introduction to Nashville and to the evolution of country music. It's chock-full of industry artifacts such as Garth Brooks' trademark hat, Gene Autry's string tie and the original handwritten lyrics to 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.' The pièce de resistance is the custom Cadillac owned by Elvis Presley, with a convertible cover that lifts up at the press of a button to reveal a gold-plated interior. The museum's focuses on Hank Williams Jr's room, beautiful Gibson guitars, and vintage film clips and recordings are also a treat.
Like Sun Studios in Memphis is to rockabilly's roots, RCA Studio B is revered in country musician's circles for producing the 'Nashville Sound.' The 1950s-style studio, again in use after renovation, is touted to have launched more hit records than any other recording studio in the country.
Music Row is south of I-40, less than a mile west of downtown, and is reached by bus or trolley.
Tennessee State Museum
Housed on three floors of the Performing Arts Center building, the Tennessee State Museum traces the state's history from the effigy pots and engraved gorgets of ancient tribes through pioneers, pillories, dauguerrotypes, silver services, sabers and Confederate dollars. Exhibits explore Tennessee's strong abolitionist movement, begun in 1797, as well as the Ku Klux Klan, which was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1868 by Grand Cyclops General Nathan Bedford Forest.
The state's military museum branch, located in the classical War Memorial Building across the street, covers conflicts from the Spanish-American War to WWII, including radio broadcasts of the Pearl Harbor invasion. The museums are downtown on Union St at 5th and 6th Sts respectively. Buses and trolleys stop nearby.
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Music Row consists of two parts: the mogul's mecca along Music Square, where you'll find the platinum-studded offices of Nashville's production companies, agents, managers and promoters, and the tourist strip on Demonbreun St (pronounced di-MUN-bree-un) a few blocks block north.
Along the touristy stretch, the Country Music Wax Museum heads up a row of 'museums' and souvenir shops devoted to the likes of Hank Williams Jr and George Jones. Here you can record your own songs, sing karaoke or shell out for treasures like guitar-shaped flyswatters, Elvis cookbooks and playing cards with dated photos of big-haired country music stars.
Two block south, the lavish, devotional Country Music Hall of Fame provides a great introduction to Nashville and to the evolution of country music. It's chock-full of industry artifacts such as Garth Brooks' trademark hat, Gene Autry's string tie and the original handwritten lyrics to 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.' The pièce de resistance is the custom Cadillac owned by Elvis Presley, with a convertible cover that lifts up at the press of a button to reveal a gold-plated interior. The museum's focuses on Hank Williams Jr's room, beautiful Gibson guitars, and vintage film clips and recordings are also a treat.
Like Sun Studios in Memphis is to rockabilly's roots, RCA Studio B is revered in country musician's circles for producing the 'Nashville Sound.' The 1950s-style studio, again in use after renovation, is touted to have launched more hit records than any other recording studio in the country.
Music Row is south of I-40, less than a mile west of downtown, and is reached by bus or trolley.
Tennessee State Museum
Housed on three floors of the Performing Arts Center building, the Tennessee State Museum traces the state's history from the effigy pots and engraved gorgets of ancient tribes through pioneers, pillories, dauguerrotypes, silver services, sabers and Confederate dollars. Exhibits explore Tennessee's strong abolitionist movement, begun in 1797, as well as the Ku Klux Klan, which was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1868 by Grand Cyclops General Nathan Bedford Forest.
The state's military museum branch, located in the classical War Memorial Building across the street, covers conflicts from the Spanish-American War to WWII, including radio broadcasts of the Pearl Harbor invasion. The museums are downtown on Union St at 5th and 6th Sts respectively. Buses and trolleys stop nearby.
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