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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

<p>The <b>Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</b> in <a href="/en/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee" class="wl">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, is one of the world's largest <a href="/en/Museum" title="Museum" class="wl">museums</a> and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American <a href="/en/Vernacular_music" title="Vernacular music" class="wl">vernacular music</a>. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amassed one of the world's most extensive musical collections.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt9">History museum in  Nashville, Tennessee</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Established, Location, Type, Visitors, Direct...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Country Music Hall of Fame<br>and Museum</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="The logo of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It is features black and yellow stripes with a circular design." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg/250px-Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="167" data-file-type="drawing" height="250" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg/375px-Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg/500px-Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_logo.svg.png 2x"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="An image of the building that houses the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg/250px-Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="359" data-file-type="bitmap" height="131" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg/375px-Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg/500px-Country_music_hall_of_fame.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The front of the building</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="[&quot;_43606ea4ec71d7d600db6fbcef70fa170cbc180a&quot;]"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Country+Music+Hall+of+Fame+and+Museum&amp;revid=1131882710&amp;groups=_43606ea4ec71d7d600db6fbcef70fa170cbc180a" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Country+Music+Hall+of+Fame+and+Museum&amp;revid=1131882710&amp;groups=_43606ea4ec71d7d600db6fbcef70fa170cbc180a 2x"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1967<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1967</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality">222 5th Ave S<br> <a href="/en/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee" class="wl">Nashville, Tennessee</a> 37203</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/History_museum" title="History museum" class="mw-redirect wl">History museum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visitors</th><td class="infobox-data">More than 1.2 million in 2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Kyle Young</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.countrymusichalloffame.org" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.countrymusichalloffame<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American vernacular music. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amassed one of the world's most extensive musical collections. 