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An Apollonaut travel guide
Beside the Opry.
An introduction to the Opryland area of Nashville, where Madame Tussauds stands inside Opry Mills.
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Read the area around you
Opry Mills is about eight miles from downtown Nashville, beside the Grand Ole Opry House and the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. The mall stands on the site of the former Opryland USA theme park, which closed at the end of 1997.
A craft with a long history
Wax modelling links this attraction to Marie Tussaud, who learned the craft from Philippe Curtius in the 18th century.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was made. A photograph alone cannot tell you who sculpted a figure or how long it took.
A Nashville chapter
The Opryland area shows a different side of Nashville from downtown: the Grand Ole Opry House, a large resort and a mall on the site of a former theme park.
Look at the meeting of the two: a long musical tradition and a modern place to celebrate it.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the attraction’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents their makers.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
