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Johnny Cash Museum
A dense little museum of the Man in Black — letters, black suits, and the American Recordings era — right off Broadway.
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Hatch Show Print
The letterpress shop that made those red-and-black country posters. Watch them print. Buy one.
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Patsy Cline Museum
Upstairs from the Cash museum. Small, specific, and worth it if she is why you came to town.
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Music City Walk of Fame
Stars in the sidewalk at the Bridgestone campus. A five-minute stop on the way to something else.
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RCA Studio B
The room where Elvis, Dolly, and the Nashville Sound were cut. You tour it; you do not wander in.
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Tennessee Central Railway Museum
Excursion trains out of Nashville when you want rails instead of a party bus.
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Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
A real zoo with a historic farm in the middle — the easy family day when Broadway is the wrong move.
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Nashvox Studios
Record yourself in a real-looking session. Touristy, fun for a bachelor party that is tired of shots.
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Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
A mansion, gardens, and rotating art on a hill west of town. Slow, pretty, and a break from neon.
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Grimey’s New & Preloved Music
The record store East Nashville people actually use — new, used, and in-stores.