Music lovers can enjoy new museum that celebrates one nation under groove
Country music s hometown of Nashville is also the home to a museum that celebrates the wide-ranging musical heritage of African Americans
Tommy Barton
This column is by Tommy Barton, retired editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News.
NASHVILLE – This town’s reputation as Music City USA has been freshly burnished by the recent opening of the National Museum of African American Music, an attraction that all music lovers should find fun, informative and uplifting.
The 56,000-square-foot museum, located in the heart of downtown, contains more than 1,500 artifacts, objects, memorabilia and clothing from Black artists. But this is not your grandpa’s museum where you look but don’t touch – this is a hands-on attraction where you handpick music for your headphones, write your own blues song, perform your own jazz tune, sing in a gospel choir, bust a move on a dance floor, and produce your own
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