Johnny Cash Museum

Walk through more than 1,000 artifacts from Johnny Cash's life, from stage costumes and gold records to handwritten lyrics.

119 3rd Ave S · Nashville, TN

About Johnny Cash Museum

Opened in 2013 on 3rd Avenue South in downtown Nashville, this museum shows more than 1,000 items from Johnny Cash's life. You see his stage costumes, Air Force memorabilia, handwritten letters and lyrics, and gold and platinum records. Look for the Martin guitar with a dollar bill threaded through its strings, and a stone wall moved from his Hendersonville lakeside home. Interactive stations let you build your own mixes of his songs.

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