JOHNNY CASH MUSEUM AND PATSY CLINE MUSEUM TAKE 2 OF THE TOP 3 SPOTS ON USA TODAY’S 10BEST LIST
JOHNNY CASH MUSEUM AND PATSY CLINE MUSEUM TAKE 2 OF THE TOP 3 SPOTS ON USA TODAY’S 10BEST LIST
Icon Entertainment’s Johnny Cash Museum and Patsy Cline Museum captured two of the top three spots on USA Today’s highly competitive 10Best Music Museums in North America list.
“It’s a thrill and an honor to have our museums rank in the top three for USA Today’s 10Best Music Museums in North America,” says Icon Entertainment CEO Bill Miller of the accolade.
Claiming the number one spot, the Patsy Cline Museum showcases the world’s largest collection of artifacts from Patsy Cline’s personal and professional life. Artifacts include awards, handwritten setlists, costumes created by Cline and her mother Hilda Hensley, and recreations of rooms inside Cline’s cherished home. Providing a rare and immersive experience into Cline’s life, the Patsy Cline Museum has been listed among the top attractions in Nashville by various outlets such as Billboard, Forbes, National Geographic and many more. The Patsy Cline Museum will celebrate its third anniversary on Saturday, April 4th featuring a special opportunity to meet and discuss the incredible legacy of Patsy Cline with her daughter Julie Fudge from 11 AM to 3 PM CT.
The Johnny Cash Museum, claiming the number three spot on the list, features the largest archive of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia in the world. The fully interactive exhibits chronicle Johnny’s life and provide a unique glimpse into his world, featuring artifacts including handwritten lyrics to “I Walk the Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues,” stage costumes, instruments, personal letters, artwork and more. Cash family members frequently appear at the museum for meet and greets. The Johnny Cash Museum most recently made national news when founder Bill Miller was presented by Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall with the archive of the “Deputy Sheriff Commission Card” originally presented to Johnny Cash on September 12, 1979. Featuring Johnny’s photo, fingerprint and signature, the deputy sheriff card was issued to Johnny by then Davidson County Sheriff Fate Thomas.
USA Today’s 10Best “provides users with original, unbiased and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world….At its core is the team of local travel experts: a well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields – and their cities – but discriminating in their tastes.” (Source: 10Best.com). To view the full list of worldwide attractions, visit the following: www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-music-museum/.
More information about each museum is below:
About Patsy Cline Museum
Located on the second floor at 119 Third Avenue South, the Patsy Cline Museum houses the largest collection of Patsy Cline artifacts in the world featuring personal letters, photographs, costumes, clothing and household furnishings from her Nashville dream house that were locked away for more than fifty years. Guests travel back to her humble beginnings in Winchester, VA and see family photos, possessions and even the very booth she waitressed as a teenager at Gaunt’s Drugstore. Never-before-seen costumes that exhibit her transition from western cowgirl to torch singing headliner are also on display. Many of the costumes exhibited are creations sewn by her mother, Hilda. Patrons also have the unique opportunity to step inside Patsy’s famed Rec Room, an exhibition containing original furnishings owned and used by Cline and her husband Charlie Dick. In addition, a bio film documents Patsy’s career and is hosted by actress Beverly D’Angelo, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in the 1980 film “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” This intimate experience is one of the many reasons that the museum has been profiled in over four hundred articles to date from outlets like AAA Traveler, ABC, CBS, NBC & FOX News, the Associated Press, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Billboard, Closer Weekly, Forbes, Miami Herald, MSN, People, Rolling Stone, Tennessean, USA Today, Washington Post, Yahoo, etc. The Patsy Cline Museum has received the following accolades:
