Past Events from August 1, 2019 – January 16 › Museum › Exhibits › Special Exhibits › – The Birthplace of Country Music
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Special Exhibit: Real Folk

Extended through Aug. 30! An inside look at artisan and musical traditions and the people who are keeping them alive, helping to ensure that Virginia’s treasured folkways remain in good keeping for years to come.

Poster Exhibits: Centennial of American Women’s Suffrage

The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is marking the centennial of women’s suffrage in the United States with two poster exhibits: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service) and To Make Our Voices Heard: Tennessee Women’s Fight for the Vote (Tennessee State Museum).

Special Exhibit: Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music, 1972-1981, a special exhibit of photographs by Henry Horenstein.

Hard Rock’s Country Music Memorabilia

The Birthplace of Country Music Museum and Hard Rock International have partnered up to bring priceless items from Hard Rock’s vast collection of country music memorabilia to Historic Downtown Bristol for exhibition.

Special Exhibit: Houses of the Lord

Birthplace of Country Music Museum 101 Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

"Houses of the Lord, a photography exhibit by artist Amy Shumaker, details the many architectural and theological styles of the Appalachian Christian subculture.

Special Exhibit: The Way We Worked

Birthplace of Country Music Museum 101 Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

The Way We Worked explores how work became such a central element in American culture by tracing the many changes that affected the workforce and work environments over the past 150 years. Visitors can also explore the local and regional history of work in a supplementary display created by the Birthplace of Country Music curatorial team.