Tennessee Culture

10 Places to Visit | Plan for 6-7 days

Take a tour of the state and its major cultural venues. Across the state, Tennessee offers a taste of music, arts and history. Begin your flight in Memphis, TN and Beale Street. Groove your nights away here, and during the day visit the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The only institutional of its kind in America, the museum features changing exhibits of the finest in historic and contemporary metalwork, jewelry, sculpture and architectural ironwork.

In the middle of the state, you’ll find the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Parthenon, Music Row and the Bluebird Café, all of which will enlighten you with Middle Tennessee’s artistic side. Nashville is THE music capital. So make plenty of time to spend here.

Leave Nashville and jet southeast to Chattanooga. Here, you’ll find the Hunter Museum of Art and the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts as well as the Chattanooga Marketand the unique downtown waterfront. Finish your flight on the eight-mile loop of the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community, the largest independent artisans in the United States.

Beale Street Historic District

Memphis, TN
The music and entertainment pulse of downtown Memphis, Beale Street at the turn of the 20th century serve ...more

National Ornamental Metal Museum

Memphis, TN
The only institution of its kind in the Americas. Changing exhibits of the finest in historic and contemp ...more

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Nashville, TN
Rediscover the music you love, again and again, at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. This scrap ...more

The Parthenon

Nashville, TN
World's only full-size replica of an ancient Greek temple, featuring 42' statue of Athena. Houses three ...more

Music Row

Nashville, TN
Tour the area known as Music Row and see RCA Studio B where Elvis recorded more than 200 hits. Visit the ...more

The Bluebird Cafe

Nashville, TN
One of the premier songwriter clubs in the country. Many of today's most popular songs and songwriters s ...more

Hunter Museum of American Art

Chattanooga, TN
You've never had an art appreciation experience like this. The Hunter is for the entire family to enjoy. ...more

Houston Museum of Decorative Arts

Chattanooga, TN
One woman's collection of 18th-, 19th- and early 20th-century decorative art objects; glass, ceramics an ...more

Chattanooga Market

Chattanooga, TN
Open air market located in downtown Chattanooga in an old foundry. The market features handcrafted works ...more

The Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community

Gatlinburg, TN
Shops, studios and galleries of over 80 working artists and craftsmen. An eight-mile loop of free parking ...more

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