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      • Remembrance: Military Representation Through Public Art at the State Capitol
      • In Search of the New: Art in Tennessee Since 1900 (Temporarily Closed)
      • Corridor Gallery
    • Online Exhibitions
      • DeFord Bailey: The Harmonica Wizard
      • Eight Days in Dayton: 100 Years of the Scopes Trial (Online)
      • The Tennessee Playlist: 95 Counties of Sound
      • National Photography Month
      • Preserving African American Culture
      • Tennessee at 225
      • Ratified! Statewide!
      • Canvassing Tennessee: Artists and Their Environments
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      • The Life of a Civil War Soldier
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Tennessee State Museum

Three Stars. Thousands of Stories. Plan Your Visit

General Information about Tennssee State Museum

Hours & Admission

Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for more information about visiting the Museum.

Admission to the Museum is FREE.

Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

The Museum is closed on Mondays, New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

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How to Get Here

Directions, Parking, Public Transit, Walking and Biking Info

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Exhibitions

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Tennessee Voices, American Stories

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Samplers and Young Women: Threading Together Art and Education

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Eight Days in Dayton: 100 Years of the Scopes Trial

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The Tennessee Playlist

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Welcome Lafayette, Friend of Liberty

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The Civil War and Reconstruction

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Forging a Nation (1760-1860)

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Children's Gallery

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Tennessee Transforms

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Tennessee Time Tunnel

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Featured Events

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Homeschool Day: African American History M...

10:00AM - 12:30PM

19
Feb

Lunch and Learn: The Black Family Who Buil...

12:00PM - 1:00PM

07
Mar

Nashville Opera ON TOUR: Little Red’s Most...

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Thousands of Stories

Our blog goes beyond our galleries to tell even more Tennessee stories.

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  • Image Finding Charlotte Robertson: Women’s Voices from Early Tennessee 1-13-26
  • Image TENNESSEE VOICES, AMERICAN STORIES 1-12-26

Watch Videos

Missed a Museum event or want to learn more about Tennessee history? Catch up on lectures, Storytime book readings, short documentaries and more with our new video library.

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Junior Curators

A blog for our younger readers, complete with vocabulary lessons and cognitive thinking questions.

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You can now search a limited number of items both on display and currently in storage via our new online search portal. 

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1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd
Nashville, TN 37208

(615) 741-2692

(800) 407-4324

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