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Among the top things to see in Nashville, there are:

Country Music Hall-Fame Museum, a wonderful museum, which has been the home of America's music since 1967, featuring a vast collection that illustrates country music's story, including dynamic exhibits, showcases of historic country video clips and recorded music, also offering regular live performances and public programs.

Tennessee State Museum‎, which offers visitors special displays that include Tennessee-made furniture, silver, weapons, quilts, and paintings, also housing a life-size water wheel and reproductions of an 18th century print shop, pioneer cabin, Antebellum parlor and Victorian painting gallery, uniforms, battle flags and weapons, as well, and one-of-a-kind items associated with such famous Americans as Andrew Jackson, Daniel Boone, James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and many others. Visiting Tennessee State Museum may be the best way to get acquainted with the local culture and history, while staying in Nashville.

Nashville Zoo At Grassmere, home to numerous animals, gathered from all over the world, also featuring the Jungle Gym playground, which is the largest community-built playground in the United States, a place where children can enjoy over 66,000 square feet for sliding, swinging, climbing, crawling and exploring. Visitors will find here everything from African elephants to Bengal tigers and red pandas, including many other beautiful creatures, housed in equally beautiful habitats like the new Giraffe Savannah, Alligator Cove, Red River Hog Habitat and many more.

Cheekwood-Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, a beautiful, colorful, eye-catching piece of nature, a relaxation oasis in the middle of a busy and noisy city, a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate, dedicated to celebrate and preserve its landscape, buildings, art and botanical collections, providing an inspiring place for visitors to explore their connections with art, nature and the environment.

Annual Events

There's always something going on in Nashville! There are dozens of fun and entertaining annual events, held in Nashville, throughout the year, among the most expected ones being: Music City Blues Celebration, a celebration of blues music held in early March, in downtown Nashville, American Artisan Festival, happening in mid-June, focusing on handmade craftwork, Tennessee State Fair, kept in mid-September, one of Nashville's biggest calendar events, featuring rides, livestock, exhibits, shows and games as well as racing pigs, a petting zoo, acrobatics and karaoke, and Oktoberfest, a celebration of the German culture with beer, sauerkraut and accordions, among many other great events, dedicated to the enjoyment of the entire family.