Saturday, April 9 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 14 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Spring is in the air and it’s the perfect time to have fun with family at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum! There will be lots of fun, games, and activities that the whole family will enjoy together! Best of all, Family Fun Day is free and includes admission to Made In Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones special exhibit only.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is participating in a special Museum Day Live! on Saturday, March 12, 2016. In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket. The public is invited to download their free ticket from the Museum Day Live! web page (good for two people) and come have a fun day out at the museum!
YWCA TechGYRLS Radio Bristol Show during Museum Day Live!
This year’s special Museum Day Live! event, held during Women’s History Month, will encourage all people, and particularly women and girls of color, to explore their nation’s museums, cultural institutions, zoos, aquariums, parks and libraries though this offer of free admission for one day. The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will be open from 10am to 6pm on March 12, and as part of this year’s theme, the museum has partnered with the YWCA TechGYRLS to produce a short radio show, researched, written and performed by students in the TechGYRLS after-school enrichment program. The completed radio show will air on WBCM Radio Bristol (100.1 FM, online and via the WBCM app) at 1 P.M. on March 12. The program will also be streamed into the museum’s performance theater at 1:00 p.m. for Museum Day Live! visitors to enjoy.
To pre-register for the event and download your free admission ticket (good for two people) to the museum on Museum Day Live!, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. Please note that only one ticket per household, per email address is available and that these free tickets have to be presented and used on Saturday, March 12 only.
On March 1, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum unveiled the special exhibit “Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones.” The exhibit chronicles the rich variety of manufacturing traditions in Tennessee over the past 2 ½ centuries from the early agricultural and craft heritage to our current age of advanced technology and global competition. The diverse panels and artifacts highlight the history of manufacturing in Tennessee, while also featuring a huge variety of the industries and companies that were once found – or still exist – throughout the state, from Jack Daniels and the Chattanooga Glass Company to the Musgrave Pencil Company and Gibson USA. Several local manufacturers – past and present – are also featured, including Mapes Strings, L. C. King Manufacturing Co., Kingsport Press, and Eastman Chemical Company. The museum will also host a variety of programs throughout the life of the exhibit.
“This special exhibit is a wonderful fit for our museum,” says René Rodgers, Curator of Exhibits & Publications. “While it is less focused on music content than our previous special exhibits, ‘Made in Tennessee’ provides a wonderful learning resource to adults and children alike through its interesting history of Tennessee manufacturing. At the same time, this different content will bring new visitors through our doors, allowing us to share the wider museum – and the story of our music heritage – with them too.”
“The Museum of East Tennessee History is honored that the Birthplace of Country Music Museum chose to host ‘Made In Tennessee,’” says Adam H. Alfrey, Curator of Exhibitions and Operations Manager for the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. “The exhibition touches on all aspects of manufacturing from across our great state, and it is so rewarding to see how the Birthplace of Country Music Museum has added Bristol’s voice to the exhibition by highlighting local manufacturers.” Alfrey adds, “It is our sincere hope that Bristol and its surrounding communities use the exhibition to engage in dialogue about what it means to be ‘made in Tennessee.'”
“Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones” is a traveling exhibition organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, Tennessee. The exhibition project was made possible through an educational grant from the Alcoa Foundation to highlight Tennessee’s manufacturing story – past, present, and future. The grant was awarded in honor of Alcoa Tennessee Operations 100th Anniversary and the announcement of its automotive expansion project on May 2, 2013. Additional support comes from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The exhibit will run at the museum from March 1 to August 14, 2016.
For more information about Frank Solivan Concert click HERE.
For more information about Foghorn String Band Concert click HERE.
For more information about David Gans Concert click HERE.
Thursday, March 24 | 6:00 p.m.
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
The 7th Annual Downtown Showcase, presented by Believe in Bristol, is an event to die for!
You’re invited to attend an A-list “Night At The Museum,” a murder mystery themed party where, as the night unfolds, so will the web of lies.
While socializing with country music legends, careers will be made, secrets revealed, scandals broken, and someone will die! With a V.l.P. victim and all legends suspect, you will be called upon to find the criminal and crack the case!
In this whodunit, everyone’s a suspect!
For more information about the event visit Believe in Bristol’s website. To make your reservations for this evening of intrigue, call Believe in Bristol at 276-644-9700.
BCM Presents: David Gans in Concert
Saturday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
David Gans—the singer/songwriter and author widely known for his work surrounding the Grateful Dead, including hosting the popular nationally syndicated radio show “The Grateful Dead Hour,” will perform an intimate concert in the Performance Theater at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on April 30.
Tickets to the event go on sale March 1.
March 12, 2016
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
As an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is a proud participant of Museum Day Live! on March 12, 2016. Museum Day Live! is a day where participants gain free entrance for two to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, and other participating museums, by presenting tickets downloaded from the Smithsonian’s Museum Day Live! web page.
The Museum Day Live! ticket provides free admission for two guests.
In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.
New for March 2016 is a special edition of Museum Day Live!, providing an opportunity to the public, especially women and girls throughout the U.S. to enjoy and share in our nation’s dynamic heritage and cultural life.
Please note that only one ticket per household, per email address is available and that these free tickets have to be presented and used on Saturday, March 12 only.
Thursday, March 3 | 4:00—6:00pm
With permanent exhibits and a rotating Special Exhibits Gallery, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is a great place to bring students. Educators are invited to visit the museum for free to learn more about school group visits at the Educator Open House to be held on Thursday, March 3, 4:00—6:00pm.
Staff will be on hand to answer questions about school group visits to the museum and our upcoming special exhibit “Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones” (March 1—August 14, 2016), and to speak to you about curriculum needs. Educator and one guest will receive free admission.
If you are interested in attending either of these open houses, please email education@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org.
Thursday, March 3 | 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Educators are invited to visit the museum for free to learn more about school group visits at the Educator Open House on March 3 at 4:00 p.m.
Staff will be on hand to answer questions about school group visits to the museum and our upcoming special exhibit ”Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones”
(March 1August 14, 2016), and to speak to you about curriculum needs.
Educator and one guest will receive free admission.
If you are interested in attending either of these open houses, please email education@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org.
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is celebrating Groundhog Day throughout the month of February with #BOGO—buy one, get one free—admission on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We also have a special Facebook Groundhog Day giveaway for a chance to win a museum gift package containing two (2) plush Tenneva Phils, two (2) passes to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, two (2) $10 gift cards to The Museum Store, and (2) BCM t-shirts. The contest ends February 29 and a winner will be selected once a week.
Tickets are available at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.
