Hans Schmitt-Matzen
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
In Cross-Reference Hans Schmitt-Matzen and his collaborator Gieves Anderson pay tribute to the spatial experience of being in a library. The artwork in this series is based on photographs taken in libraries and attempt to convey the painterly aesthetics of panning one’s eye across the rolling spines of books lining a shelf. The artwork mimics that experience through a ribbon-like paint stroke unfolding across a canvas. The library thus becomes a source of painterly contemplation, “gestural” photographic language becomes the inspiration for much of the paint handling within the artworks. The series title Cross-Reference borrows a library term to metaphorically imply that the mediums of photography and paint are indispensably linked within these artworks. Each medium makes citations to the other.
Hans Schmitt-Matzen lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2001, his artwork has been featured in numerous national and juried exhibitions, museum shows, and art events independent of the gallery system. Hans is actively involved in curatorial work and is a member of the artist-run coop gallery in downtown Nashville. He often collaborates with Gieves Anderson, a photographer who lives and works in New York. The objects they create together are denoted as Hans + Gieves artworks.
03/24/12 - 05/27/12
- http://cheekwood.org/Calendar/Event_Details.aspx?d=2012.03.24&e=709007f2-a337-4502-a5a6-20f01bd9d863
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art - 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN, 37205
Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires and fears. Finding inspiration in sources ranging from Aesop’s
Fables to the products of genetic experimentation, the artists in the exhibition examine interactions between nature and humanity in the context of oral and written lore, psychology, ethics and visions of the future in both science and science fiction. The exhibition will include approximately 60 contemporary paintings, photographs, sculptures and video works.
This exhibition is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and curated by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala.
02/24/12 - 05/27/12
$10/Adult
$7/Seniors, Students & Military
Under 18 FREE
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/fairy-tales-monsters-and-the-genetic-imagination
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
Wish You Were Here: Cultural Tourism and The Parthenon
Presented by Metro Parks and Recreation at The Parthenon
Nashville’s Parthenon, one of the city’s most beloved buildings, is a must-see for visitors to the city, just as the ancient Parthenon in Athens, Greece, is first on the list for travelers there. Ever since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, amateurs and professionals alike have turned their lenses on these two sites to capture their beauty and grandeur.
A new exhibition at the Parthenon will focus on the link between travel and photography through two important holdings in the museum’s collection: a rare 1870 album of photographs of the ancient Acropolis by William J. Stillman, titled The Acropolis of Athens, Illustrated Picturesquely and Architecturally in Photography, and the museum’s collection of over 200 postcards of Nashville’s Parthenon and its setting of Centennial Park, both of which rely on photography and subsequent innovations.
The exhibition explores these themes, as well as considering the individual objects on view, delving into their fascinating histories and examining what they reveal to us today.
The Parthenon’s copy of The Acropolis of Athens was rediscovered by a curator in the Parthenon’s storage room several years ago. A generous donation by art patrons Hope and Howard Stringer allowed museum staff to take the book to a conservator, whose work stabilized the volume so that it could be displayed. The book is one of only a dozen extant copies in public collections.
The postcards, which span over one hundred years of the Parthenon and Centennial Park’s history, were given to the museum by local collector and historian Ridley Wills II. They reveal the numerous changes that have taken place in the Park since it opened to the public in the early 1900s. The exhibition, therefore, is a timely one, as new changes will come with the implementation of the Centennial Park Master Plan.
IMAGE CAPTIONS
William James Stillman, Western façade of the Parthenon, 1869. From The Acropolis of Athens (1870), Plate 9. Carbon print. Collection of the Parthenon, 00.1.2.
The Parthenon in Centennial Park by Night, 1913 or earlier. Gift of Ridley Wills II, 2008.2.37.
01/28/12 - 05/29/12
$6 for adults; $4 for seniors 62 and over; and $4 for children 4-17
- http://www.conservancyonline.com/pages/programs.htm
The Parthenon - 2600 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203
The Art of Music Art Show w/Ev Niewoehner - Fundraiser for the Nashville Jazz Workshop
Presented by Nashville Jazz Workshop at Nashville Jazz Workshop
Nashville Jazz Workshop is proud to be hosting a new solo exhibition by Nashville-based artist, Ev Niewoehner. Please join us for the opening reception on March 11, 2:00pm-4:00pm. We're big fans of Ev's works, and will be hosting the show from March 1 - May 31, 2012. 50% of profits from the sale will go to benefit NJW.
Ev Niewoehner was born in rural Iowa and at age ten moved with his family to Colorado. He graduated from Fort Collins High School and later earned history degrees from Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado. He also studied art at several universities. After teaching at the high school level for four years, he owned and operated an art gallery in Los Angeles. Teaching opportunities brought him to Tennessee where he taught for twenty one years.
In 1999, Niewoehner retired from teaching which allowed him to concentrate on his first love, oil painting, an activity at which he is working full time. Although working with a number of genres, it has been the subject of music which has dominated the bulk of his body of work. Niewoehner has exhibited in a number of galleries and art centers in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, Rome, GA, Estes Park, CO, Fairhope, AL, and Nashville, where he maintains his studio and home. He has a daughter, who lives in Nashville and is a teacher with Metro schools.
For more information, contact the Nashville Jazz Workshop at (615) 242-5299 or go to www.NashvilleJazz.org.
Image: "Jazz Combo" by Ev Niewoehner
03/11/12 - 05/31/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvillejazz.org/EventDetails.php?eventID=160
Nashville Jazz Workshop - 1319 Adams Street, Nashville, TN, 37208
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
06/02/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
Cyberchase - The Chase is On!
Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center
Prepare to journey out of this world and into Cyberspace with Adventure Science Center’s latest temporary exhibit, Cyberchase—The Chase is On! opening on Saturday, Jan. 21. The exhibit is based on the popular Emmy award-winning PBS KIDS GO! animated television series and invites visitors to join forces with the show’s characters and use math to fight evil.
“We want to show kids that math is not only fun, but it’s everywhere and everyone can be good at it,” said Susan Duvenhage, CEO of Adventure Science Center. “For teachers and parents, the exhibit aligns with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics curriculum standards, engages problem-solving skills and can empower kids to approach math with an ‘I can do this’ attitude. Cyberchase is also bilingual (Spanish), making it accessible to a diverse audience.”
Visitors enter Cyberspace through a special portal to explore favorite cybersites from the acclaimed cartoon, including Control Central, the Grim Wreaker and Poddleville. Guests help the CyberSquad – the show’s heroes - protect the virtual universe from Cyberchase’s villainous Hacker by applying math concepts such as place value, algebra, geometry, fractions and probability. Kids will not only “do” math, but experience it firsthand through the exhibit’s activities and interactive components. By the end of their visit, children and parents alike will have a better understanding and knowledge of math and will be able to approach it with a positive attitude.
Among the activities in the Cyberchase exhibit, visitors will have the opportunity to use their math and reasoning skills to:
Reinstall the “power circuits” removed by the dastardly villain Hacker in Restore the Power;
Attempt to pedal to a million with the Cyber Cycle;
Prevent Hacker’s rocket from reaching Control Central and explore probability in Stop the Launch; and
Strategize a winning plan in the Dragon Dilemma problem-solving challenge.
Opening day activities include opportunities for visitors to learn about shapes through the ancient art of origami, to explore the secrets of coded messages, to discover mathematical shapes in nature, and more hands-on fun for the whole family.
Cyberchase—The Race is On! was developed by the Children’s Museum of Houston in partnership with Thirteen/WNET New York and is nationally funded by the National Science Foundation.
Exhibit runs through June 3, 2012.
01/21/12 - 06/03/12
Admission to Cyberchase is included with regular admission to Adventure Science Center, which is $12 for adults; $10 for children ages 2 to 12 and seniors 65+. Certified TN teachers (with active school ID) are free.
- http://www.adventuresci.com/default.aspx?section=exhibits&title=cyberchase&page=308
Adventure Science Center - 800 Fort Negley Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37203
Nashville Pride Festival
Presented by Nashville PRIDE at Riverfront Park
GLBT Festival Celebration - This annual event is a chance for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community and its allies to gather in celebration of advances made for GLBT equality. It’s a celebration of diversity and acceptance in a town where one might expect less. Thousands from around the southeast clamor to Music City for the most talked about Pride festival in the region, with three stages of amazing entertainment, kids zone, more than one hundred vendors and so much more!
Nashville Pride's mission is to educate and maintain a sense of pride, community, and awareness of, about, and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people and culture in Middle Tennessee.
06/16/12
$5/ticket
- http://nashvillepride.org/
Riverfront Park - 100 First Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37201
42nd Annual American Artisan Festival
Presented by American Artisan Festival at Centennial Park
In 2012, the festival will host the work of 165 exhibitors from 35 states across America. Each has been selected for excellence within their medium including jewelry, pottery, wood, blown glass, photography, clothing, metal, outdoor furniture, toys, candles, batiks, handmade paper, leather, hats and more. Find an incredible gift for Dad, or the perfect gift for yourself – there is amazing artistry this year and something for everyone.
Each year we make sure to have some of Nashville's incredible musical talent on hand to play live music for our guests. We will update the site with the artists as soon as we confirm the schedule of performers. It wouldn't be any fun without great refreshments—come and have a picnic lunch or dinner at the fair and enjoy a variety of delicious foods and beverages from more than twelve different vendors. Finally, there is always a FREE Children’s Art booth for kids of all ages to create their own handiwork, with skilled supervision on hand.
GIVE BACK TO NASHVILLE: HONOR FOUNDER NANCY SATURN
Nancy Saturn, local arts pioneer, and the founder of the American Artisan Festival and Gallery, died on March 9, 2010 following a valiant fight against breast cancer. We plan to celebrate the life and legacy of Nancy Saturn, and her passion, which was both to support the arts in Nashville, as well as raise awareness and support for Gilda’s Club Nashville, a gathering place for people with cancer.
In Nancy's honor, we will donate 10% of all profits to support local arts organizations and Gilda's Club Nashville. Join us to make a difference!
06/15/12 - 06/17/12
Free Admission
- http://www.american-artisan.com/
Centennial Park - 2598 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203
Frist Fridays: Sam Bush w/special guest Lera Lynn
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: Sam Bush w/special guest Lera Lynn
06/29/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
Natural Selection: Darwin's Mystery of Mysteries
Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center
Join young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the globe on the HMS Beagle. Witness the thrill of scientific discovery by seeing the world through Darwin’s eyes. Make observations of the most beautiful natural scenery and let the pieces of the scientific puzzle slowly but surely fall into place. Allow Darwin himself to reveal the simple and beautiful mechanism that explains the origin of species: Natural Selection.
Natural Selection is recommended for ages 4 and up.
03/01/12 - 06/30/12
$6 non-members
$4 ASC members
General admission to the Science Center also required during regular hours.
- http://www.sudekumplanetarium.com/schedule/index.shtml
Adventure Science Center - 800 Fort Negley Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37203
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
07/07/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player
Presented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Sideman. Studio musician. Performer. Recording Artist. Producer. Record Executive. In an industry known for multi-talented individuals, perhaps no one has achieved such a vast and varied resume as the inimitable Chet Atkins. The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will pay tribute to this versatile and visionary artist with the cameo exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, which opens in the Museum's East Gallery on August 11, 2011, and runs through June 2012. The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Gretsch Company. Additional support will be provided by Great American Country Television Network.
"Chet Atkins was country music's ultimate Renaissance man, one of the greatest instrumentalists in American music history and a true musical savant," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "His signature guitar licks shaped recordings by scores of legendary artists, including the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley and Kitty Wells, and his playing influenced future rock gods Duane Eddy, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler and many more. As a producer, Chet was an architect of the 'Nashville Sound'; he was also a brilliant record executive who signed and propelled a generation of country artists - including Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton and Charley Pride - to fame. Chet's guiding hand shaped much of the bedrock of country music, and we're honored to tell his story, one we know will resonate with country fans old and new.
"We're also honored to have the Gretsch Company as this exhibition's title sponsor," Young continued. "Gretsch is an important part of American music history, and enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Chet."
"My uncle, Fred Gretsch Jr., first signed Chet as a Gretsch signature guitar artist in 1954," said Fred W. Gretsch, president of the Gretsch Company. "Our company is proud of its long association with Chet, and our family cherishes the special relationship that we shared with such a unique individual. Today, we're proud to support this special exhibition by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. We share the Museum's commitment to ensuring that Chet's unrivaled legacy will continue to be celebrated for generations to come."
Chester Burton Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, a remote town nestled in the hills of Appalachia. He grew up in a musical family - his mother sang and played piano, and his father was an itinerant music teacher - and at the age of eight Atkins began to learn the guitar and fiddle. When Atkins' parents divorced, his father relocated to Georgia, and his mother remarried. Young Chester, along with his brother, sister and stepfather, began playing regularly at square dances. In 1936, an asthma attack forced him to live with his father in Georgia, where the more favorable climate made it easier for him to breathe. While there, a teenaged Atkins heard Merle Travis on the radio; Travis's thumb-and-finger picking style fascinated Atkins, who soon created his own thumb-and-two-finger variation.
After attending high school in Georgia, Atkins landed a job at WNOX in Knoxville, fiddling for singer Bill Carlisle and comic Archie Campbell. He soon became a featured player on the station's popular daily barn dance show, as well. Over the next decade, Atkins worked as a musician for numerous artists and radio stations, including a memorable stint at KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. It was there that station official Si Siman gave him the nickname "Chet." Siman, impressed with Atkins' abilities, brought him to the attention of RCA Victor Records, and in 1947 the label's Steve Sholes signed Atkins as a singer and guitarist. Chet's initial RCA recordings were not hits, and he returned to WNOX in 1948, working first with Homer & Jethro and then joining Maybelle and the Carter Sisters as lead guitarist. He soon went back to KWTO, this time with the Carters.
When the Carters moved to Nashville in 1950 to become members of the Grand Ole Opry, Atkins joined them. With the help of his mentor, Steve Sholes, and music executive Fred Rose, Chet became one of Nashville's "A-Team" session musicians, recording with Johnnie & Jack, Hank Williams and others. He also appeared on the Opry as a solo act and returned to making his own records; his first chart hit, a cover of the pop song "Mr. Sandman," came in 1955, followed by a hit guitar duet with Hank Snow on "Silver Bell." Soon after, fans began to refer to Atkins as "Mr. Guitar," and Gretsch Guitars introduced a model bearing his name.
Throughout the 1950s, Atkins' work relationship with the New York-based Sholes deepened; in 1952, Atkins began organizing sessions for Sholes, and shortly thereafter Sholes began trusting Atkins to produce sessions whenever Sholes' schedule prevented his coming to Nashville. In 1955, Sholes made Atkins manager of RCA's new Nashville studio, a space rented as needed from the Methodist Television Radio and Film Commission. Two years later, Sholes and Atkins convinced the label to commission its own office and studio in Nashville. The resulting building, known today as RCA Studio B, opened in November 1957, adding impetus to the growing Music Row area. Sholes installed Atkins as head of the label's Nashville artist & repertoire operation, and ten years later made him a company vice president.
As rock & roll eroded country music's record sales and threatened its viability, Atkins' production skills came to the foreground. Atkins - along with Decca's Owen Bradley, Columbia's Don Law and Capitol's Ken Nelson - began to craft recordings that would appeal to pop listeners as well as country fans. The style of these recordings, in which singers were backed by neutral rhythm sections and steel guitars, and fiddles were replaced by vocal choruses, came to be known as the "Nashville Sound." Atkins mined gold from the new approach immediately, first producing Jim Reeves' 1957 crossover hit "Four Walls" and, later that year, producing Don Gibson's 1958 double-sided smash "Oh Lonesome Me" / "I Can't Stop Loving You." Atkins assumed production of established stars, including Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves and Hank Snow, and produced hits by new stars including Bobby Bare, the Browns, Floyd Cramer, Skeeter Davis, Dottie West and many more.
During the 1960s, Atkins continued to record and perform: Always a jazz lover, he increasingly explored the genre in his performances and appeared at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival; he also played for President Kennedy the following year.
By the middle of the decade, Atkins was producing more than two dozen acts for RCA. During this time, he signed a cadre of now-legendary country artists, including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Jerry Reed and Connie Smith.
As the 1970s dawned, Atkins reduced his producing commitments and focused more on his own recordings and live performances. He embarked on a series of collaborative albums, working with Les Paul, Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Doc Watson and others. However, he still found time to facilitate additions to the RCA roster, including Ronnie Milsap, Ray Stevens and Steve Wariner.
Atkins' virtuosity was undeniable, and his mantle quickly filled with the hardware to prove it. In 1973, Atkins was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He went on to earn 14 Grammy awards and nine Country Music Association awards during his career.
In 1982, Atkins relinquished his RCA executive role and left the label to record for Columbia in 1983. He also gave himself an honorary degree: Atkins christened himself a "Certified Guitar Player" and began signing his name as "Chet Atkins, C.G.P." Atkins would later bestow this "degree" on several legatees, including Jerry Reed and Steve Wariner.
For the remainder of his life, Atkins continued to record and play; he collaborated on albums with George Benson, Suzy Bogguss, Mark Knopfler, Mark O'Connor and others, exploring and expanding the boundaries of country, jazz and pop. In 1993, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Atkins died on June 30, 2001. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the following year.
Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player will be accompanied by an ongoing series of programs throughout the exhibit's duration.
08/11/11 - 07/15/12
Free Admission to Museum members, included with Museum admission. $20/Adult, $12/Youth(6-17), $18/Seniors(55+)/Students/Military, $18/AAA Adult, Free/5 years and under.
- http://countrymusichalloffame.org/recent-press-releases/view/1594
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - 222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203
Tennessee Arts Commission to host Create2012 at MTSU
Presented by Tennessee Arts Commission at Middle Tennessee State University
Create2012, produced in partnership with the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University, will focus on increasing creativity and collaboration in Tennessee schools. Sessions will be offered for K-12 classroom teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists, special education, and resource teachers as well as principals and superintendents. “Our first institute was highly successful, and we welcomed 400 participants from Tennessee and seven other states,” said Rich Boyd, executive director of the Tennessee Arts Commission. “Before the first event concluded, participants were asking for a repeat in 2012.” The Creativity in Education Institute emerged from the Commission’s highly successful Value Plus Schools initiative, an arts integration model with multi-year funding from the U.S. Department of Education. MTSU Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Lana Seivers, former Tennessee Commissioner of Education, added, “The College of Education welcomes the opportunity to work with our partners to
provide professional development for educators from across the state. We are extremely pleased to be a part of this effort.”
For more information on Create2012, visit: www.tn.gov/arts/create2012.html, or contact Ann Talbott Brown at ann.brown@tn.gov.
07/15/12 - 07/18/12
See Website for Registration Fees and Explanations
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Middle Tennessee State University - 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132
Frist Fridays: Band of Heathens
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: Band of Heathens
07/27/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
Arts at the Airport presents John Guider: The River Inside
Presented by Arts at the Airport at Nashville International Airport
John Guider is a successful Nashville commercial photographer who stepped away from the comfortable, predictable routine of his life and challenged his mind and body in ways he never thought possible. With virtually no camping or paddling experience, he bought a canoe and set off on a solitary, artistic adventure that led him from the creek behind his farmhouse to the Harpeth, the Cumberland, the Ohio, and eventually the Mississippi River, all the way down to New Orleans.
After completing the three-month journey to New Orleans, Guider began looking at the over two thousand photos he had taken.
"The River Inside" is not only John Guider’s compelling story of his life-changing journey, but also a stunning visual narration of more than 70 platinum prints. Thirty of these prints can be viewed at Nashville International Airport. Guider's canoe is also on display hanging in the skylight near Gate C-10. The book, The River Inside is available at Airport retail stores.
The River Inside exhibit is organized by the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, and presented in conjunction with the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa. Initial support for the exhibit was provided by the Ingram Barge Company. The companion book is published by FRP, Nashville, with editorial and design assistance from McNeely, Pigott, and Fox. More of John Guider's photography can be found at http://johnguider.com
Image on Left: Splash Rings, Early Morning Mist, Harpeth River, Cheatham Co., Tenn. - platinum print Image on Right: Sand Barges, Ohio River, Paducah, Ky. - platinum print
Exhibit is in Concourse C Food & Retail Area
07/01/11 - 07/31/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashintl.com/arts/quarterly/John_Guider.aspx
Nashville International Airport - 1 Terminal Drive, Nashville, TN, 37214
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
08/04/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
Highballs & Hydrangeas
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
It will be an indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event. There will be a cash bar with high-end cocktails and fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Nashville Originals’ member restaurants.
08/17/12
Please call for pricing
- http://www.highballsandhydrangeas.com
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art - 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN, 37205
Frist Fridays: The Dynamites & Charles Walker
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: The Dynamites & Charles Walker
08/31/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
09/01/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
Every Tree Tells a Story
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
This stunning exhibition comes to Cheekwood from the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) in Washington, D.C. and features 25 images of 12 different sites in the US and Puerto Rico as captured by prize-winning and renowned photographers. Every Tree Tells a Story focuses on the irreplaceable trees and tree groupings, often associated with historically significant people and events that have shaped the development of communities and cultures. The traveling photography exhibition features sentinel and specimen trees, allées and boulevards, urban forests, formal and vernacular— horticultural features that surround us and are living reminders of our heritage. These trees and tree groupings recall our nation’s past and have the potential to bear witness to coming generations. These natural and living features command the same awe and admiration that our culture bestows upon the arts, architecture, and design. Learn more about each one of the features at www.tclf.org/EveryTree.
05/26/12 - 09/02/12
ADMISSION PRICES:
$12 - Adults
$10 - Seniors (65 +)
$5 - College Students w/ ID
$5 - Youth (3 - 17)
Free - Under 3
50% MILITARY DISCOUNT for military personnel. Must show current military ID.
PARKING:
$3 per car (Members park FREE)
- http://cheekwood.org
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art - 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN, 37205
Treehouses: Great Works of Literature
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
In 2012, Cheekwood will showcase seven all-new treehouses, each artfully designed to represent one of literature’s great works. The treehouses will be chosen by juried panel from designs submitted by area architects, landscape architects, and artists who let their imagination run wild.
This exhibit will branch out from the treehouses we remember from our childhood to create seven imaginative and non-traditional treehouses that will explore innovation in architecture. The seven structures will be scattered throughout Cheekwood’s gorgeous gardens. Coordinating with our literature themed summer, these amazing structures will be inspired by great works of literature.
For additional information, click here or please contact Leigh Anne Lomax at 615-353-6969 or lalomax@cheekwood.org.
05/26/12 - 09/03/12
- http://cheekwood.org/Gardens/Treehouses.aspx
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art - 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN, 37205
23rd Annual White Oak Crafts Fair
Presented by Arts Center of Cannon County at Arts Center of Cannon County
The White Oak Craft Fair takes place along the banks of the East Fork Stones River just down from the Arts Center. More than 75 artisans will present an enormous variety of work, all of which is chosen for it excellence and integrity by a highly respected selection panel. In an age when mass production makes so many things widely available, the White Oak Crafts Fair celebrates the inspiration and skill of the individual maker as well as being an opportunity to appreciate uniqueness. This is an event, whose reputation has spread to attract new attendees from across the region as well as appealing, year after year, to regular visitors.
In association with the Cannon Association of Craft Artists, The Arts Center of Cannon County has developed and coordinated this event for the past 22 years. Although a high percentage of the participants in the show are typically perennial favorites, new exhibitors join the show each year, so there is always something new and fresh for visitors to look forward to. Along with food booths to tempt the palate and quench the thirst, "The Kitchen at The Arts Center" will provide traditional southern cooking inside the Arts Center.
Note: Admission to this event is free with a $2 donation for supervised parking to benefit The Woodbury Lions Club and The Arts Center of Cannon County.
09/08/12 - 09/09/12
Free Admission, $2/Donation encouraged
- http://www.artscenterofcc.com/Crafts/WhiteOakCraftsFair.html
Arts Center of Cannon County - 1424 John Bragg Highway, Woodbury, TN, 37190
34th Annual TACA Fall Craft Fair
Presented by Tennessee Association of Craft Artists - TACA at Centennial Park
Woodcarving, stained glass, sculpture, pottery and jewelry are among the works of traditional fine craft more than 45,000 people view each fall. The TACA Fall Craft Fair affords visitors the opportunity to engage in craft from the creation through the finished product, and from the emerging artist through the most accomplished. Vivid glazes, translucent textures in glass and works in wood begging to be touched enchant visitors of all ages, tastes and budgets as they enjoy this unique buying venue.
09/21/12 - 09/23/12
Free Admission and Parking
- http://www.tennesseecrafts.org/
Centennial Park - 2598 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203
Japan 1945: Images by Joe O'Donnell
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at War Memorial Plaza and Tennessee Capitol
An exhibition of images taken by the late Nashville photographer Joe O’Donnell in 1945 post-war Japan opens October 6 at the State Museum’s Military Branch. The exhibit, entitled Japan 1945: Images by U.S. Marine Photographer Joe O'Donnell,
will showcase 24 of the most compelling images O’Donnell took while serving in the U.S. Marines Corps in Japan. O’Donnell enlisted in the U.S. Marines Corps in 1943 at the age of 20 and was assigned as a photographer with the 5th Division. In 1945, he was given the order to document the aftermath of U.S. bombing raids on the Japanese cities struck by atomic bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During the seven months he spent on assignment, he also photographed cities such as Sasebo, one of the more than 60 Japanese cities that had been firebombed.
Japan 1945: Images by U.S. Marine Photographer Joe O'Donnell will be on view at the Military Branch Museum through September 2012. This museum, located in the War Memorial building on plaza across the street from the main museum, is closed on Sundays and Mondays. For information, visit the State Museum’s website at www.tnmuseum.org.
10/06/11 - 09/30/12
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org/custpage.cfm/frm/45806/sec_id/45806
War Memorial Plaza and Tennessee Capitol - Charlotte Avenue at 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37203
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
10/06/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
11/03/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
First Saturday Art Crawl Downtown
Presented by Nashville Downtown Partnership at The Arcade
Every first Saturday of the month, multiple downtown galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as anyone else that is just curious to see what the Gallery Crawl is all about. Over 1,000 people attend this very popular monthly event. Most galleries serve free wine and other refreshments. The gallery crawl is a great free night on the town!
The galleries are open from 6:00pm-9:00pm and the Nashville Downtown Partnership provides two free shuttles among the galleries from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Click here to see the shuttle map and gallery listing. For parking options, please use our online interactive parking map.
Exhibits change out each month, as well as, additional galleries are added to the list. For an update, subscribe to Downtown Details our free weekly e-newsletter.
View a list of all the art galleries located downtown and look out for more galleries to open soon! This growing arts community is one of downtown Nashville's best treasures.
12/01/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first_saturday_gallery_crawl.php
The Arcade - 244 5th Ave. North,, Nashville, TN, 37219
Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection
Presented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art
Within its historic walls, Cheekwood houses a Museum of Art especially known for its extensive collection of American art, including paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts. Permanent Residents presents selected treasures by American artists who have become part of this collection.
The exhibition includes fine examples of nineteenth-century American painting from landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School to portraits, genre scenes, and still lifes. In addition, Cheekwood will display its portrait miniature collection that is one of the finest in the country. Moving into the twentieth century, there will be representative examples of works by The Eight, including Robert Henri, John Sloan, and George Luks. Highlights from the later twentieth-century include paintings by Larry Rivers, Andy Warhol, and Jamie Wyeth. The paintings will be complemented by a cross-section of American prints, drawings, and photographs.
Permanent Residents will dedicate special galleries to Red Grooms, William Edmondson, and art of the American West. Nashville-born artist Red Grooms is represented in the collection with paintings, prints, watercolors, and one of the first of his large-scale picto-sculptoramas, Mr. and Mrs. Rembrandt. Cheekwood is home to the largest public collection of works by the African-American sculptor William Edmondson. A self-taught artist from Nashville, Edmondson is now considered a master in 20thAmerican art. A special collecting focus at Cheekwood is art of the American West. Given to Cheekwood by the John H. Hill family, it is a fine survey of art inspired by the Western experience.
Cheekwood has a great tradition of collecting American art, both historic and contemporary. Permanent Residents celebrates the artists whose works have come to stay with us to be enjoyed by our visitors.
03/31/12 - 12/31/12
- http://cheekwood.org/Calendar/Event_Details.aspx?d=2012.03.31&e=aaee8cf4-c08d-49be-a570-9e1abb372e85
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art - 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN, 37205
The First Tennesseans
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
Prehistoric Indian cultures existed in Tennessee through four evolving periods, beginning about 15,000 years ago, peaking between 800 and 1650 A.D. with the Mississippian people, and ending with the ascendancy of such modern tribes as the Cherokee and Chickasaw. Artifacts from the Paleolithic, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods are on exhibit. The museum even has a display of bones from a mastodon that roamed Tennessee 10,000 years ago.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
The Frontier
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
Spanish conquistadors were the first Europeans to reach Tennessee, followed by the French and English explorers, and then by the first white settlers. Armor and weapons from the Europeans and Daniel Boone's musket highlight this era. A frontier cabin, 200-year-old dugout canoe, a grist mill, and a Conestoga wagon all give testimony to life on the frontier. Handmade furniture, a woodworking shop, and a working printing press show the skill of early Tennessee craftspeople.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
The Age of Jackson
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
Between 1815 and 1850, Tennessee embodied the spirit of American expansion and politics, with President Andrew Jackson being the central character in the state's development. Displays on Jackson, David Crockett, Sam Houston, and President James K. Polk are included in this section of the museum.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
Antebellum
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
The Antebellum period of 1840 to 1860 was a time of prosperity and cultural development for many Tennesseans. (Antebellum is from the Latin words ante, before, and bellum, war. It is used to signify the period before the Civil War.) Cities and towns became trade centers, as railroads and steamboats drew people closer together. The increasing prosperity manifested itself in several ways. Artists, whether trained or self-taught, found a ready market for their skills as the rising middle and upper classes sought to have their portraits painted. Silversmiths, gunsmiths, tailors, and other craftsmen established themselves in cities and towns. Exhibits of Tennessee-made silver, firearms, and quilts attest to that prosperity. Another display on African American life points out that one-fourth of Tennessee's population were blacks who not only did not share in the state's prosperity but also lived as slaves unable to control their own lives.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
By 1860 the issue of slavery had become a tinderbox; a moral, social and economic issue which slowly divided the northern and southern states. Tennessee found itself divided when the General Assembly voted to secede. Many people in East Tennessee supported the Union and even fought in the Union Army. Tennessee was the primary battlefield of the Civil War in the west, with more than 400 battles and skirmishes within its borders. Each of the major battles in Tennessee is highlighted with artifacts from the battlefield. The Tennessee State Museum's holdings of uniforms, battle flags and weapons are among the best in the nation.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
The New South
Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum
Between 1870 and the 1920's, Tennessee experienced great changes fueled by the post-Civil War industrial revolution. Exhibits on women's suffrage, Prohibition, and the Tennessee Centennial Exposition illustrate the state's involvement in social issues of the times.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.tnmuseum.org
Tennessee State Museum - 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN, 37243
Permanent Exhibit: Sing Me Back Home - A Journey Through Country Music
Presented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Sing Me Back Home is the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s permanent exhibit, an exciting, multi-layered journey through the life of country music.
Through artifacts, photographs, original recordings, archival video, newly produced films, touchscreen interactive media and beautifully rendered text panels, Sing Me Back Home immerses visitors in the history and sounds of country music, its meanings and the lives and voices of many of its honored personalities.
A self-guided tour covering two floors of the Museum, Sing Me Back Home tells the story of country music from its pre-commercial roots in the nineteenth century through its vibrant life in the twenty-first century. Organized chronologically, the story moves through large subjects such as “Country During the War Years,” while each glass artifact case has a unique theme. Visitors can read about the music and its makers or let the powerful photos, instruments, costumes - and especially the music - tell the story by themselves.
Throughout your journey you are able to see the two-floor, glassed-in central archives where the Museum’s vast collection is housed and where Museum staff are seen working with historical artifacts and recordings. This unprecedented view into the core archives is like a window into a shared history and the processes from which the Museum exhibits emerge.
At the close of the journey, visitors enter the Hall of Fame Rotunda, the hallowed space where the Country Music Hall of Fame® members are honored alongside American master Thomas Hart Benton’s famous last painting, The Sources of Country Music.
Sing Me Back Home is just what the title suggests: an exploration of the power of music to make living history and to connect us to our deepest feelings.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission to Museum members, included with Museum admission. $20/Adult, $12/Youth(6-17), $18/Seniors(55+)/Students/Military, $18/AAA Adult, Free/5 years and under.
- http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/experience-events-detail.aspx?cid=232
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - 222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203
Permanent Exhibit: Hall of Fame Rotunda
Presented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Everyone recognized here is an equal. The members' plaques are placed randomly around the room - except for the newest members of the Hall of Fame, whose plaques can be found alongside Thomas Hart Benton's painting The Sources of Country Music. The room is round to ensure that every Hall of Fame member has a place of equal importance.
07/01/07 - Ongoing
Free Admission to Museum members, included with Museum admission. $20/Adult, $12/Youth(6-17), $18/Seniors(55+)/Students/Military, $18/AAA Adult, Free/5 years and under.
- http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/experience-events-detail.aspx?cid=2243
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - 222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203
Lucy Dunwody Boehm Porcelain Collection
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
Come see one of the Southeast's largest collections of these fantastic porcelains now installed in a new permanent gallery - the DeWald Gallery of Heritage Hall.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!
09/01/09 - Ongoing
Free Museum members and children under 6
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors 65 and up
$5 College students with picture ID
$3 Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Memory Lane (CLOSED)
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on January 30th and continue through March. There will still be plenty to see and do here at the Museum during this time, however.
See the life and history of Montgomery County during the mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Memory Lane features a re-built 1842 log cabin, and a historic Printmaker's Shop, Draper's Shop, and Tobacco Shop. Antique fire trucks, wagons, and carts reveal transportation before the automobile.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!
03/04/10 - Ongoing
Free Museum members and children under 6
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors 65 and up
$5 College students with picture ID
$3 Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Explorer's Gallery (CLOSED)
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on January 30th and continue through March. There will still be plenty to see and do here at the Museum during this time, however.
The Explorer’s Gallery is packed with fun, learning and fantasy. In McGregor’s Market and Kitchen, Aunt Alice’s Attic, Raceways, and of course – the Bubble Room, children can learn through play!( Note: The Bubble Room has been moved during construction of the new Bubble Cave, but is still open for fun and exploration.)
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!
03/04/10 - Ongoing
Free Museum members and children under 6
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors 65 and up
$5 College students with picture ID
$3 Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Challenges and Champions Sports Gallery
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
Challenges and Champions highlights amazing athletes who have come from Montgomery County. See Jeff Purvis‘ racecar, Wilma Rudoph’s relay baton, Billy Copeland’s street luge, and other exciting mementos of sporting history.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!
03/04/10 - Ongoing
Free Museum members and children under 6
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors 65 and up
$5 College students with picture ID
$3 Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Post Master's Office (CLOSED)
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on January 30th and continue through March. There will still be plenty to see and do here at the Museum during this time, however.
This exhibit shows a piece of the Museum’s history. The building was designed in 1898 for use as a Federal Post Office and Custom House to handle the large volume of foreign mail coming up the river from t he city’s international tobacco business.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street. Sundays are free for everyone!
03/04/10 - Ongoing
Free Museum members and children under 6
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors 65 and up
$5 College students with picture ID
$3 Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Bubble Cave (CLOSED)
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksv at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on January 30th and continue through March. There will still be plenty to see and do here at the Museum during this time, however.
The Bubble Cave is now open for exploration! Not only can you have some great bubbly fun, but you can also learn about the science of bubbles and caves. How do bubbles work? Why do they pop? What exactly is a sink hole? All of your questions can be answered with some first hand experience and the Customs House Museum Bubble Cave! (Appropriate for children ages 2 to 102.)
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street.
08/27/10 - Ongoing
Free/Museum members and Children under 6
$7/Adults,
$5/Seniors 55 & up; College students with picture ID
$3/Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/exhibits/bubble-cave
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040
Indian Artifacts
Presented by Sumner County Museum at Sumner County Museum
A majority of these Indian artifacts have been found in Sumner County. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Shawnee and the Iroquois tribes used this area in Middle Tennessee as a neutral hunting ground. The Shawnee were allow to hunt in here "only until the dogwoods begin to bloom." These Indian tribes were mobile and they did not live in tepees as the Indians of the west. They lived in temporary huts made of cane stalks stuck deep in the ground and "daubed" with a mixture of mud and long grasses. They followed the game that was abundant in this area and also were planters of crops. They were not great pottery makers, but they were beginning to make and use pottery as you can see some of the items that have been found during excavations. Many pieces are still covered with visible soot from the fire where they were baked in the fire pits.
08/27/10 - Ongoing
Self-Guided Tours:
$3/Adults; $1/Children 6-12; Free/Children under 6
Schedule Guided Tours:
$3/Adults: $2/Children
Note: Guided tours MUST be scheduled in advance in order to have the Tour Guide available and arrangements made prior to the tour.
- http://www.sumnercountymuseum.org/ContentPage.aspx?WebPageId=16861&GroupId=3932
Sumner County Museum - 183 West Main Street, Gallatin, TN, 37066
Then and Now Photos of Gallatin, Westmoreland, Portland and Hendersonville
Presented by Sumner County Museum at Sumner County Museum
This is a wonderful photographic display, featuring "then and now" photos of interest in Gallatin, Westmoreland, Portland and Hendersonville. These are made by Allen Haynes. There are three other photographers displayed here, E.M. Stark, Tippy Crutcher and J.E. Flanigan. The display case shows some of the earlier cameras used by notable photographers.
08/27/10 - Ongoing
Self-Guided Tours:
$3/Adults; $1/Children 6-12; Free/Children under 6
Schedule Guided Tours:
$3/Adults: $2/Children
Note: Guided tours MUST be scheduled in advance in order to have the Tour Guide available and arrangements made prior to the tour.
- http://www.sumnercountymuseum.org/ContentPage.aspx?WebPageId=16861&GroupId=3932
Sumner County Museum - 183 West Main Street, Gallatin, TN, 37066
Civil War Map
Presented by Sumner County Museum at Sumner County Museum
James Willette, a cartographer of the U.S. Army of the Cumberland drew the large map on the wall in 1864. It shows the small city of Gallatin and the surrounding area. It is drawn on waxed linen and is a topographical map as well as showing the elevation in feet from sea level. Look for the circles which indicate the crest of hills. Houses, taverns, roads, churches, crops, cotton fields and timber areas are all shown on this detailed map. But the most interesting thing about the map is: all the trees are shaded to 3 p.m. in the afternoon!
08/27/10 - Ongoing
Self-Guided Tours:
$3/Adults; $1/Children 6-12; Free/Children under 6
Schedule Guided Tours:
$3/Adults: $2/Children
Note: Guided tours MUST be scheduled in advance in order to have the Tour Guide available and arrangements made prior to the tour.
- http://www.sumnercountymuseum.org/ContentPage.aspx?WebPageId=16861&GroupId=3932
Sumner County Museum - 183 West Main Street, Gallatin, TN, 37066
Granville Museum Tours
Presented by Granville Museum, Inc. at Granville Museum
The Granville Museum tells the story of the riverboat town of Granville, Tennessee. The museum contains a great pictorial display of every aspect of the history of Granville. Many historical items from homes, businesses, schools and the community are on display.
The museum features a military, school and music room and a room with furnishings depicting a home in the early 1900's.
Visitors will also enjoy a ten minute DVD on the history of Granville. The museum also has a genealogy collection with many family records as well as cemetery documents of the Granville area.
We are a Blue Star Museum and have opened our doors to active duty military and their families through Labor Day, year round.
Bluegrass Music EVERY Saturday night at the Sutton General Store!
01/01/11 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.granvillemuseum.com/index.htm
Granville Museum - 175 Clover St., Granville, TN, 38564
Historic RCA Studio B Tours
Presented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Historic RCA Studio B is one of the world's most important and successful recording studios. More than 35,000 songs were brought to life by the Studio B magic, including more than 1,000 American hits, 40 million-selling singles, and over 200 Elvis Presley recordings (by far more than any other studio). Step into the house of the hitmakers and discover the legend of this Music Row landmark.
Come enjoy a personally guided tour through this world-famous studio located on renowned Music Row. Studio tours depart daily from the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and are sold only in conjunction with museum admission between 10:30am - 2:30pm.
08/09/11 - Ongoing
$12.99/adult, $10.99/youth ages 6-17, and are available only in conjunction with museum admission.
- http://countrymusichalloffame.org/studiob/
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - 222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203
Student Art Gallery (CLOSED)
Presented by Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville
The Museum is getting an upgrade! The 1898 Customs House Building is being renovated in order to provide an improved environment for both visitors and artifacts. While these improvements are being made the following areas will be inaccessible: Heritage Hall, Memory Lane, and the DeWald, Peg Harvill, and Explorers’ Galleries.
The renovations on the 1898 building will begin on January 30th and continue through March. There will still be plenty to see and do here at the Museum during this time, however.
Managed by the Arts and Heritage Development Council, the Student Art Gallery features work by a variety of students from different schools in the Montgomery County School System. Check out the latest featured school.
Helpful Information: Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times and in all areas of the Museum. Free parking for Museum visitors is available behind the Museum at the top of the hill off South Second Street.
08/27/10 - Ongoing
Free/Museum members and Children under 6
$7/Adults,
$5/Seniors 55 & up; College students with picture ID
$3/Children ages 6-18
- http://customshousemuseum.org/permanent-exhibits/student-art-gallery
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville - 200 South Second Street, Clarksville, TN, 37040