Johnny Cash Museum Tours
Despite its small size, the Johnny Cash Museum manages to hold one of the world’s largest collections of Johnny Cash artifacts. Bill Miller, one of Cash’s closest friends, gathered and cataloged the country music superstar’s memorabilia for decades, resulting in this popular Nashville attraction and Cash-fan pilgrimage site.
The Basics
Visitors to the Johnny Cash Museum can wander through halls lined with memories and artifacts spanning the singer’s life, from his upbringing in Arkansas through his impressive career—including his launch with Sun Records, performance highlights (such as his famous appearance at Folsom Prison), and television cameos. But what makes this museum truly special are the personal effects that only a close friend could collect—childhood report cards, military uniforms, and handwritten love letters to Cash’s wives, including June Carter. The Cash Museum features interactive exhibits, an extensive gift shop, films, and a café serving light fare.
Downtown Nashville tours, including the popular Nashville trolley tours, often include the Johnny Cash Museum as one of their stops, along with other music-related attractions such as the Ryman Auditorium, the Patsy Cline Museum, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Things to Know Before You Go
- This museum is a must-see for Johnny Cash fans and music lovers visiting Nashville.
- There is no dedicated parking lot, but limited street parking is available on the neighboring city blocks.
- The Johnny Cash Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
How to Get There
The museum is located in downtown Nashville, within easy walking distance of many other attractions. Nearby is the 4th Ave N & Broadway Ave SB bus station, accessible by bus numbers 15, 18, 27, 33, 34, 38, and 61.
When to Get There
The museum is open from 9am until 6pm daily except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Johnny Cash’s Music
Known for his deep bass-baritone voice, Cash is one of the best-selling singer/songwriters of all time. Primarily known for country music, he spanned many genres, and actually had inductions into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.
Address: 119 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN, USA
Hours: Daily 9am - 6pm
Admission: Adults: $19.95 Youth: $15.95
7 Tours and Activities to Experience Johnny Cash Museum
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Nashville Trolley Tour
Explore Nashville with this popular 90-minute trolley tour. See over 100 points of interest with a stop at Bicentennial Square/Farmers’ Market. Learn about the famous and popular Nashville sights as you travel with live onboard commentary.
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$43.65
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$43.65
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Explore the City of Nashville Tour by Golf Cart
Explore Nashville from a local's perspective on this city tour with a local guide. Aboard an open-air, low-speed vehicle, cruise through Nashville to see more than 35 landmarks and other sightseeing locations. Notable sights along this tour include Country Music Hall of Fame, Ryman Auditorium, Johnny Cash Museum, Germantown, The Gulch, Tootsies, and Music Row. Select a morning, afternoon, or evening tour when booking.
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$49.16
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$49.16
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Live Downtown Nashville Walking Tour
Explore Nashville’s honky-tonk history and most colorful characters on a walking tour of downtown with a storytelling guide. Find the city’s landmarks, from a pre-Prohibition saloon to the place where Andrew Jackson fought historic duels, and see the streets where musical legends were made.
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$25.00
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$25.00
2-Day Nashville Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour with 16 Stops
Explore Nashville at your own pace with 2-day tickets for a hop-on, hop-off trolley tour through the heart of Music City. Snap photos from a trolley, listen to stories about Nashville’s colorful past, and take in landmarks from the Country Music Hall of Fame to hot chicken joints and historic landmarks.
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$44.11
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$44.11
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Pokémon Go Tour in Nashville by Golf Cart
Catch all the must-see Nashville sights on this fun and flexible Pokémon Go tour. Hit up Poké Stops and battle at Gyms throughout Nashville alongside your group of one to 45 people and a personal safety officer.
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$49.16
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$49.16
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Lonely Planet Experiences: Private Walking Tour of Nashville
As the “Songwriting Capital of the World’ Nashville attracts musicians from all over the globe to hone their craft and share their passion.
On your three-hour walking tour of Nashville, you will discover how music forms a common thread throughout Nashville’s communities, binding the life and soul of the city and its people. Your guide will talk to you about how the growth of Nashville’s music publishing sector in the 1800s helped prompt the deluge of popular artists visiting Nashville in the mid 1900s to play the Ryman Auditorium, including Sandra Bernhardt, Louis Armstrong, John Philip Sousa and Nat King Cole. Learn about the music stars who have made Music City their permanent home.
As you walk, there will be numerous opportunities to hear the live music for which the city is known. Your tour will finish at the Johnny Cash Museum (tickets included), where you can enjoy learning about the life of this legend, whose complex story is woven throughout his music.
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$167.00
Price varies by group size
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$167.00
Price varies by group size
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Holiday Christmas Lights Rides 20 Minute Narrated Ride
Christmas Lights 20 Minute Private Narrated Ride of Downtown Nashville
Come and enjoy the extravagant Christmas decorations of downtown Nashville with a 20 Minute Private Narrated Ride in our beautiful and safe carriages.
This elegant ride treats you to our amazing City Christmas Tree along with other decorated hotspots such as the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, The Country Music Hall of Fame, The Bridgestone Arena, The Johnny Cash Museum, Riverfront Park, Hard Rock Cafe, The Wild Horse Saloon, The Ryman Auditorium, Tootsies Orchid Lounge, and other tourist attractions and insight into various poplar dining establishments around our great city. Each Decorated with Seasonal festive lights
Enjoy Christmas the Classy Way!!!!
Private Reverse Ride, Call to schedule your Christmas Lights Rride
Pickup and Drop-off at 100 Broadway downtown Nashville only
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$64.95
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$64.95
per group
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
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