Country Music Hall of Fame

Lobby of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Lobby wall

Hall of Fame Rotunda

Country Hall of Fame Members are placed around the rotunda in random order so that they are all of equal importance.  The new members are placed next to the Thomas Hart Benton painting below.

The Sources of Country Music

Museum displays with Frith Library and Archives on the right.

130 Gold Records are displayed on this wall.  

Reba McEntire Exhibit "All the Woman I Am"

Red dress Reba wore to the 1993 CMA Awards that caused Kris Kristofferson to exclaim, "Holy cow!"  And her Daddy to ask if she had it on backwards!

Wall of memorabilia; love the picture of Reba with her horse!

Sing Me Back Home: The Journey Begins 

Folk Roots to the 1960s

Costumes worn by The Maddox Brothers and Rose, America's most colorful hillbilly band.

Suits designed by Nathan Turk for Buck Owens.

Buck Owen's guitar

Hee-hee-hee-hee-Hee-Haw!  Original cornfield set from Hee-Haw which began in 1969 and ran for 25 years.

Hank Williams' Martin D-28 guitar 

Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, and Don Gibson.

Hank Snow

Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes

Roy Rogers is the only person inducted two times into the Hall of Fame.  The first time was with the Original Sons of the Pioneers, the second was as a solo artist.

Cowboy boots worn by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Roy Acuff's Flour and fiddle, Minnie Pearl's famous hat, and Eddy Arnold's guitar.

Webb Pierce's Silver Dolar Convertible, notice the door handles and the saddle added for kids!  A gigantic set of steer horns are mounted on the hood and a silver rifle to the trunk.  Nudie Cohn, country western tailor, designed this car and others to promote his business, Nudie's Rodeo Tailors.

Elvis Presley's Diamond Dust and Gold Cadillac

Shoes worn by Elvis.

Dreaming My Dreams: The Journey Continues

1960s to the Present

Johnny Cash, the Man in Black.

Smokey and the Bandit II, 1980 Pontiac Trans-Am 

Garth Brooks guitar and awards

Brad Paisley's guitar, he had it built to create the "Bakersfield sound".  He liked it so much he had a second one made for Buck Owens, including the guitar strap in the photo.

Taylor Swift's sparkle guitar

Hatch Show Print Shop was established in 1879 and is one of the oldest letter print shops in America.  The shops vibrant poster served as a leading advertising medium for Southern entertainment including members of the Grand Ole Opry.  Today, entertainers still call Hatch to design and print eye-catching, iconic posters.