Patsy Cline Museum
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Nashville, Tennessee 37201
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| Location | 119 3rd Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee 37201 |
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| Coordinates | 36°09′39″N 86°46′43″W / 36.1609042°N 86.7786054°W |
| Owner | Johnny Cash Museum |
The Patsy Cline Museum is a museum that opened on April 7, 2017, on the second floor of the Johnny Cash Museum building on Third Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. It is home to an extensive collection of Patsy Cline memorabilia as well as real-life artifacts once owned by the country singer, who died in a plane crash in 1963 at the age of 30.[1]
Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, Patsy Cline recorded three studio albums and had two number one songs on the country music chart before her untimely death, but death didn't actually stop her rise to fame. Her recorded music continued to chart, and her fan base continued to grow in the decades following her death, and she became the first female inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame – 10 years posthumously.[1][2][3]
Shannon and Bill Miller, who also founded the Johnny Cash Museum, wanted to create a similar museum for Patsy Cline. They had the opportunity to do so after Charlie Dick – Patsy Cline's husband – died in 2015, leaving behind a collection of his and Patsy's belongings that he had previously kept hidden away.[4][3]
Location
The 4,000-square-foot museum is located in the SoBro (South of Broadway) neighborhood on Third Avenue South in Nashville. It is open daily, with exceptions for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission is free for children under age 6, and children 6 to 15 pay reduced admission prices. Limited parking is available nearby on the surrounding streets.[5][6]