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There have been multi-artist box sets, documentaries about key artists and genres and much scholarship on the subject, but there are some things only a well-designed museum can do, with its immersive command on our attention and its cross-generational appeal. And now, after almost twenty years of talking, imagining, fund-raising, construction and research, the National Museum of African American Music is open in the heart of downtown Music City. It’s a first-of-its-kind experience, a $60 million investment in the city’s cultural life and a kind of challenge to the country music tourism frenzy just out the museum’s doors on Lower Broadway.
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The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville opened to the public over the weekend, giving visitors a look into the history of Black artists from musical genres ranging from blues and jazz to hip hop and rock n roll.
The museum, which debuted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18, officially opened its doors on Saturday with a mission of “preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans,” according to the museum’s website.
“We’re not focusing on one genre of music or one type of artist, we’re really taking a look at what was the impact on African Americans once they entered the country, and how did that birth what we know now as Black music,” museum spokeswoman Tuwisha Rogers-Simpson told NBC News.