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By Sam Parker, AV & Technology Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. From the campfires of Valley Forge, to religious reformers in the First Great Awakening, to even […]

By Ed Hagen, Gallery Assistant and Guest Blogger What’s the difference between Country and Western? Many people are familiar with a popular scene in The Blues Brothers movie where the […]

By Sam Parker, AV & Technology Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Protest and labor have been common themes of American folk music for a long time. Woody […]

By Sam Parker, AV & Technology Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. A genre like country music relies heavily on the land and our natural surroundings for inspiration. […]

By Erika Barker, Curatorial Manager at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Featured image of Erika on Capitol Hill for AAM’s 2025 Museum Advocacy Day. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is Advocacy? As […]

By Erika Barker, Curatorial Manager at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with The Boys From Bristol, an exciting new musical group […]

Ellie Davis is an intern at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum and a student at East Tennessee State University where she studies Human Studies with a minor in Old […]

By Sam Parker, Curatorial Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Around the time of the 1927 Bristol Sessions, it wouldn’t have been too out of the ordinary to […]

By Rene Rodgers, Head Curator at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. November 21 marks the 103rd anniversary of the release of the movie Frankenstein (the book by Mary Shelley […]

“While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation’s defenders, we can always do a little more.” – Gary Sinise, Actor. As Volunteer Coordinator at the Birthplace […]

Guest Blogger Emily Lu is a PhD candidate in History at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. She is currently studying in Japan as part of the Fulbright program. Since the 1960s, […]

By Julia Underkoffler, Collection Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Happy spooky season! This time of year, many people seek out ghost tours and other spooky adventures, many […]