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    Pick Along Summer Camp: Week 2 for Beginners

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Pick Along Summer Camp at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum provides a fun educational experience like no other. In addition to exploring the museum and learning about Bristol’s important role in the history of country music, campers learn the basics of a stringed instrument and work on projects with Radio Bristol—then apply the skills

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    Pick Along Summer Camp: Week 3 for Intermediate

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Pick Along Summer Camp at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum provides a fun educational experience like no other. In addition to exploring the museum and learning about Bristol’s important role in the history of country music, campers learn the basics of a stringed instrument and work on projects with Radio Bristol—then apply the skills

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    Birthplace of Country Music: The Day We Walked on the Moon

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Saturday, July 20 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM Thursday, July 25 6:30 PM As a Smithsonian Affiliate museum, we have the opportunity to be part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. And so half a century after humanity’s historic first step on the

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  • Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Bristol Sessions Super Raffle & More in September Bristol, Va./Tenn. (August 28, 2019) – In three short weeks, State Street in Historic Downtown Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia will be filled with music as 40,000-plus visitors from all over the world converge on the site of the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions for the 19th annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots

  • Birthplace of Country Music Museum: FREE Admission Day

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Saturday, October 26 FREE Museum Admission All Day! Fun Family Activities 12:00-2:00 PM The Birthplace of Country Music Museum invites you to our FREE Community Day on Saturday, October 26. All day long you can visit the Museum’s permanent exhibits and the current special exhibit, American Ballads: The Photographs of Marty Stuart, for free. (The

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  • Birthplace of Country Music Museum: Open House

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT THE MUSEUM STORE DEC 1 - 1:00PM TO 5:00PM Date: Sunday, December 1 Time: 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum FREE and open to the public Kick-off the season with a Holiday Open House event at The Museum Store in The Birthplace of Country Music Museum! Enjoy tastings, discounts and

  • Birthplace of Country Music: Mike Farris

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    MIKE FARRIS SINGS! The Soul of Christmas Special Holiday Concert Event December 6, 2019  |  8:00 PM Paramount Bristol Tickets Now On Sale! The Birthplace of Country Music is proud to present a holiday concert that you won't want to miss - Mike Farris Sings! The Soul of Christmas. Taking a path that intertwines rock,

  • Film: Rising Voices

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    FILM SCREENING: RISING VOICES JAN 16 - 6:30PM TO 8:00PM Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 Time: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) Location: Performance Theater, Birthplace of Country Music Museum FREE EVENT, but please RSVP! RSVP HERE Join us for a free screening of the award-winning documentary film Rising Voices/Hóthaninpi: Revitalizing the Lakota Language

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    Film: A Conversation with Marty Stuart

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Film Screening A Conversation with Marty Stuart January 22 & 25 | 10:30 AM (playing every hour) In September Marty Stuart shared stories about his work as a photographer and the images in the American Ballads exhibit. If you missed out then, stop by the museum as we screen the video of that conversation every