Area Attractions

The Parthenon
- Jun - Aug 2009; closed Mon
The Parthenon in Nashville is a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens. Built for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897, the building now serves as the city's art museum.
    » www.nashville.gov/parthenon

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Grand Ole Opry House
- Open Daily
For the best in jingle-jangle jingoism, visitors to Nashville should take in a show at the Grand Ole Opry House. For many the Grand Ole Opry is the main reason that Nashville has become irrevocably linked with country music.
    » www.opry.com

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The Hermitage
- Open Daily
The Hermitage is the former residence of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. The house was owned by Jackson between 1804 and 1845 and became a museum in 1889 since which it has become the fourth most visited presidential residence in the country. Once home to 150 slaves, the Hermitage provides a window into a system that was once an accepted way of life.
    » www.thehermitage.com

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Frist Center for the Visual Arts
- Open Daily
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is housed in Nashville's former main post office. Converted into an art gallery and museum in 2001, it is a non-collecting establishment which principally organises temporary exhibitions, several of which usually run concurrently.
    » www.fristcenter.org

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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Open Daily
Along with gangsters and hamburgers, country music is a staple of American culture. Tales of crops gone wrong and girls on the run have enthralled audiences for decades and the appeal looks set to continue. All this is celebrated at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
    » www.countrymusichalloffame.com

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Tennessee State Museum
- Open Tuesday - Sunday
The Tennessee State Museum in Nashville traces the history of the state from 15,000 years ago, through the 1900s to the present day, and is one of the largest of its kind in the USA.
    » www.tnmuseum.org

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Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
- Open Daily
The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is the result of the former Nashville Zoo and Grassmere Wildlife Park joining together in 1996. The zoo contains many separate habitats including the Gibbon Island and the Bamboo Trail, which features red panda, clouded leopards, rhinocerous hornbill and Schmidt's guenon.
    » www.nashvillezoo.org

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Appalachian Center for Craft
- Open Daily
The Appalachian Center for Craft is located on more than 500 wooded acres overlooking Center Hill Lake in Tennessee, near the town of Smithville.
    » www.tntech.edu/craftcenter

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Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
- Open Tuesday - Sunday
The private home and estate of the Cheek family since its completion in 1932, Cheekwood is a beautiful 55-acre property which first opened to the public in 1960, with a number of separate entities. The Botanical Garden's spacious gardens and displays are complemented by Botanic Hall's Botanic Library.
    » www.cheekwood.org