Museum Day- or Adventures Around Nashville

Today was free Museum Day across the nation, sponsored by Smithsonian magazine. I should clarify by saying that certain museums were free with a free downloadable card. With some of the local museums costing up to $20 per visit, I'm all for free Museum Day.
Amy and I decided to venture up to Nashville to go to the Country Music Hall of Fame. We lucked out and the rain stopped by the time we got there (even though the rain made it not fun to drive until then). By the time we left, the sun was out and it was beautiful.
Amy and I discovered that people who aren't in the museums classes probably shouldn't go to museums with us anymore. Our training has led us to look for pros and cons to everything in museums- from exhibit cases to text panels to interpretation to locations of bathrooms. Or the fact that we don't believe they follow Emmylou's advice very well (displayed as visitors exit):

But we were both amazed by this:

Carrie Underwood's dress from one of the award shows (she sang "I Told You So"). This isn't even all of the dress. In fact, there's an 8 foot train which you can barely see. But the dress was spectacular.

 So, when we left, we decided to take advantage of the weather and Saturday and already having paid for parking till 6pm, so we walked around Broadway. If you ever are on Broadway, you've got to go to Jack's BBQ- just look for the neon sign with flying pigs. It's amazing (and my 3rd time going there). You've got to try the pie too (chocolate fudge is my fave)!

Then we checked out Hatch Show Prints, which I always enjoy. And finally, we walked around the Schermerhorn Symphony- which is gorgeous if you haven't seen it. And two pictures I absolutely must share:

The maestro gets his own parking space! And these are the bike racks. How awesome are those?

Can't wait until my new ICON pass comes in and we can go to more museums for free!

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