The exhibit The Grandest Stage: The Opry at 100 is open now! Celebrate notable performers and moments in the history of the longest-running radio show in the world, as well as one of the most important radio programs in broadcasting history.
Pictured: The Grand Ole Opry cast gathered at the Ryman Auditorium, 1956.
Exhibit Highlights
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Transcription disc, Prince Albert Show, 1939
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Pee Wee King, accordion
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Kitty Cora Cline, dulcimer
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Cousin Jody, Gibson lap steel guitar, the “biscuit board”
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Martina McBride, dress worn at the Opry in 2005
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Rod Brasfield, hat
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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George D. Hay, wooden steamboat whistle
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Photo by Bob Delevante for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
PLAN YOUR VISIT
The exhibition The Grandest Stage: The Opry at 100 runs September 18, 2025, through March, 2027, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville.