Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

History museum in Nashville, TennesseeCountry Music Hall of Fameand MuseumThe front of the building in 2022Established1967 (1967)Location222 Rep. John Lewis Way S Nashville, Tennessee 37203TypeHistory museumVisitors~ 1,600,000 (2023)DirectorKyle YoungWebsitewww.countrymusichalloffame.org The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American country music. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amassed one of the world's most extensive musical collections. History of the museum The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is the world's largest repository of country music artifacts. Early in the 1960s, as the Country Music Association's (CMA) campaign to publicize country music was accelerating, CMA leaders determined that a new organization was needed to operate a country music museum and related activities beyond CMA's scope as simply a trade organization. Toward this end, the nonprofit Country Music Foundation (CMF) was chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964 to collect, preserve, and publicize information and artifacts relating to the history of countr