Date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
Theme: From Seed to Song: “The stories we carry in our hearts and our history, planted in soil and song.”
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybooks, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and a related activity or coloring sheet.
Books that will be featured at Story Time include:
- Grandpa’s Garden by Stella Fry
- Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
Date: Friday, April 3, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
Theme: A Nest Is a Story: “The stories curled inside, waiting to hatch, hop, or hum.”
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybooks, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and a related activity or coloring sheet.
Books that will be featured at Story Time include:
- Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
- Whose Nest? by Victoria Cochrane
Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
Theme: Moss & Moonlight: “Thez stories we follow on tiptoe, between the brushstrokes and the trees.”
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybooks, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and a related activity or coloring sheet.
*This month’s Story Time ties in heavily to the Charles Vess Special Exhibit.
Books that will be featured at Story Time include:
- Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl
- Children of the Forest by Matthew Myers
Date: Friday, June 5, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
Theme: Start your Story Engines
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybooks, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and a related activity or coloring sheet.
Books that will be featured at Story Time include:
- Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
- Buster’s Trip to Victory Lane by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
