PLAN YOUR VISIT
This section helps you plan an unforgettable visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. If you have questions or would like assistance planning your visit, please call 615-416-2001. We look forward to serving you.
The museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
We are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day, as well as being closed on Tuesdays in January and February.
Your museum ticket is valid for the entire day, and you will tour the museum at your own pace. We recommend you set aside approximately two hours to visit the museum completely, and one additional hour if you are able to join us on the guided tour of Historic RCA Studio B.
On January 10 1956, two months after leaving tiny Sun Records for RCA and two days after turning 21, Elvis Presley retired to a Nashville studio for his first sessions on the new label. The first song he cut was a cover of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman," the second was "Hearbreak Hotel." The latter song, and Presley's follow-up hits, had such a commercially devastating impact on country music that for a time Nashville's famed 16th Avenue seemed to be the loneliest street in America.
