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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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222 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

EIN Number: 62-0753887

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Phone: 615-416-2001

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Sat 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Website: http://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/

Email: info@countrymusichalloffame.org

NTEE Code: A50: Museums

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

Country Music Foundation, Inc., which operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, collects, preserves, and interprets the evolving history and traditions of country music. Through exhibits, publications, and educational programs, the Museum teaches its diverse audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Exhibitions The Museum presents and interprets its collection through relevant, engaging exhibits. Galleries showcase rigorous scholarship by prominent co-curating scholars and incorporate previously-unseen materials and artifacts. The Museum’s permanent exhibit, “Sing Me Back Home,” traces country’s history from its folk origins to its current popularity. Through artifacts, photographs, original recordings, archival video, films, touch-screen interactive media, and informational text panels, “Sing Me Back Home” immerses visitors in the history and sounds of country music, its meanings, and the lives and voices of many of its honored personalities. In addition to “Sing Me Back Home,” the Museum curated and presented 12 original exhibitions in 2018, featuring members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and contemporary artists, as well as thematic exhibitions that showcase Tennessee and country music’s impact on American art. School Programs The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum delivers school programming in three ways: 1) Classroom visits to the Museum; 2) Museum and artist “outreach” visits to schools; 3) Distance learning. In total, these programs reach students annually, with Tennessee students comprising the vast majority of participants. School programs assist teachers in addressing Common Core, Tennessee State, and national curriculum standards in social studies, music, science, language arts, and visual art. In 2018, more than 650 school programs drew nearly 40,000 student visitors from throughout Tennessee. The Museum provides free programming, admission, and travel support to Metro Nashville Public Schools students. The Community Counts program extends free admission to Middle Tennessee K-12 students; provides a 25% discount for adults; and makes available a Community Counts Passport— which provides two adult admissions—at all 21 Nashville Public Library branches. Public Programs Public programs expand on the stories told through Museum exhibitions and offer audiences the opportunity to interact with songwriters, musicians, and artists. These programs feature richly layered media presentations that draw from the Museum’s collection, incorporating vintage sound recordings, photos, films, and videos to create exciting learning experiences for patrons. They also allow visitors to engage directly with people who created and lived the country music story, while giving the veterans themselves a chance to speak in their own voices about their roles in the music’s history. In 2018, more than 33,500 individuals attended 202 public programs. Programs featured songwriters, instrumentalists, artists, and business executives, and included interviews, panels, film screenings, dance instruction, and special performances. More than 50,000 people participated in interactive educational experiences in the Fred & Dinah Gretsch Family Gallery, while visiting the Museum.