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 Story Time 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 Story Time 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.
Date: Friday, July 10, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
Theme: One Big Country Song
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time 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:
- This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
- Passing the Music Down by Sarah Sullivan
Date: Friday, February 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: Letters & Love: “The stories stamped with love, tucked into envelopes, and carried by postal workers through snow, rain, and song.”
Craft: Making Valentine mailboxes
Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time 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:
- The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bon
- Special Delivery by Philip C. Stead
