Through text and artifacts, multiple theater experiences, film and sound, and interactive displays, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum shares the story of the 1927 Bristol Sessions recordings, explores how evolving sound technology shaped their success, and highlights how this rich musical heritage lives on in today’s music.
Reading Appalachia: Voices From Children's Literature, a new special exhibit coming to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum!
The special exhibit I Have a Voice gives a snapshot of African American Tennesseans’ important contribution to American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music.
The Birthplace of Country Music proudly presents another exciting RTE 23 Listening Room concert experience in Wise, Virginia with Hello October!
Join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Performance Theatre for a special Radio Bristol Premieres album release show with Merle Monroe!
The Birthplace of Country Music proudly presents the East Tennessee State University Gospel Choir in concert at the museum; companion programming to the I Have a Voice special exhibit.
Scotty's Tune-Up explores the raw and primal sounds of garage rock by showcasing tunes from obscure bands you won't hear anywhere else. Tune up and get into high gear with Scotty every Wednesday at 5pm EST!
Join us for Family Story Time each Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the Special Exhibits Gallery during Reading Appalachia: Voices From Children's Literature.
A meditative and carefully textured piece of portraiture of one of the 20th century’s most important singers of English traditional songs. Due to traumatic circumstances, her voice was silenced. This is the story of one woman’s battle to rise again from long silent ashes.
