Galleries of country music
The self-guided galleries follow the story of country music through instruments, stage wear, rare recordings, films and photographs, with changing exhibitions on individual artists alongside the core displays.
Instruments and treasures
The collection holds more than 900 musical instruments, among them Maybelle Carter’s Gibson L-5 guitar, Bob Wills’s fiddle and Bill Monroe’s mandolin, as well as Elvis Presley’s 1960 “Solid Gold” Cadillac limousine.
Hatch Show Print and more
Hatch Show Print, one of America’s oldest working letterpress print shops, has been part of Nashville since 1879 and now works inside the museum. Its shop and the Museum Store are open to visitors; tours of the print shop are sold separately.



