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Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum at Sun 'n Fun

Florida’s Official Aviation Museum and Education Center showcases aviation. Collections include historic factory and kit-built aircraft. A featured exhibit highlights artifacts from the estate of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes.

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A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

The A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, a 5,000 sq. ft. public visual arts facility, was established in 1960 by A.E. Backus and a group of local art enthusiasts. Open five days a week from October through mid-June (summer hours by ...

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Christ Church Parish School House

As early as 1843, the Christ Episcopal Church Parish wanted to construct a building for education. In 1856, rector John J. Scott built a parish school house on Church Street. This building served as a church school until it was ...

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J. Earle Bowden Building

Constructed in the 1930s, The industrial building known today as the J. Earle Bowden Building has passed through many hands over the years. Local business owner John M. Pfeiffer sold the lot to E. J. Moore in 1946.who opened the ...

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum originally opened in 1967 at 4 Music Square East. In 2001 the museum moved to a downtown location in order to better care for its growing collection and to offer more educational ...

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Historic Printer’s Alley

Long before Historic Printer’s Alley’s association with the Nashville music scene, the area around Cherry Street and Fourth Avenue was already home to some of the city’s most active saloons and nightspots. Known to locals as the Men’s Quarter, some ...

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Ernie’s Record Mart

Much of Ernie’s Record Mart’s success is owed to support from Nashville’s local WLAC radio broadcast. Beginning in the late 1940s, WLAC's strong signal helped its disc jockeys gather a following among rhythm-and-blues fans throughout the country. These fans listened ...

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The Bluebird Café

“The best songwriters in the world pass through this door.” This statement appears outside the doors of the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Located just southwest of downtown Nashville’s “music row,” the Bluebird gained respect as one of the best stages ...

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Bijou Theatre (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)

Built in 1903, Nashville’s Bijou Theater quickly emerged as one of the South’s leading African American theaters. The theatre offered performances sponsored by its namesake Bijou Amusement Company. The theater originally operated under the direction of Milton Starr, a white ...

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Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge

In 1960, Hattie Louise Bess, known to many as “Tootsie,” bought a building on Lower Broadway in Nashville and opened the now famous Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. The purple paint on the exterior of the building remains a mystery to many; ...

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