If you are interested in working behind the scenes at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, become a volunteer! Help is needed in a number of areas including gallery assistant, archives, special events, and curatorial. Your level of involvement can include meeting the public or working behind the scenes. The Volunteer Overview Session allows you […]
“We Are the Music Makers: Preserving the Soul of America’s Music” is a multi-media exhibit of photographs, audio recordings, and video from Tim Duffy, founder of Music Maker Relief Foundation. For nearly three decades, Tim Duffy has recorded musicians’ songs and stories. He has also taken photographs that powerfully reflect their lives – from the […]
EVENT DETAILS Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Doors: 8:30 p.m. Concert: 9:00 p.m. Tickets: $25 includes taxes/fees PURCHASE TICKETS (Note: Tickets to this show are very limited in number. Order early!) Since 2005, the CMA Songwriters Series has spotlighted the amazing talents of the country music songwriter community in the United States and abroad. The critically-acclaimed […]
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is currently displaying “A Place for All People,” a historic poster exhibit created for the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in September 2016. The poster exhibit will be up through February 28, 2017. The African American story is one characterized by […]
Join us to celebrate the Grand Opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) on Museum Day Live! The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the 19th museum of the Smithsonian Institution and is located at the foot of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC. […]
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is proud to take part in Museum Day Live! on Saturday, September 24 by offering free admission to the museum all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating […]
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016 Time: 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. Location: The Birthplace of Country Music Museum FREE! Amythyst Kiah, one of the region's most captivating and talented artists, will be part of the Lift Every Voice Concert Series happening this fall at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Amythyst Kiah is a Southern gothic, […]
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is proud to present African Roots of the Banjo, a lecture by Dr. Cece Conway followed by a concert with the renowned Blind Boy Paxton. The lecture and concert is part of the Lift Every Voice Series happening this fall at the museum.
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will host “Getting Started on Exhibition Development,” an American Alliance of Museums (AAM) “watch and talk” webinar on Wednesday, November 9. Designed for museum professionals at all career levels, this webinar presents one approach to developing exhibitions, focusing on the linear and non-linear aspects of creating a three-dimensional learning […]
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will host “Lift Every Voice: A Conversation” on Thursday, November 17, 6—8pm. Join members of our community and staff in a round table-style discussion about the history of the African American community in Bristol through the mid-1900s. Participants include Dr. W. A. Johnson, pastor at Lee Street Baptist Church; Ms. […]
