The nation’s first museum dedicated to African-American music will be filled with tunes when it opens next year in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
A Roots Theater with nearly 200 seats, and a portable stage in the lobby, are included in the latest design plans for the musical history collection.
Themed galleries will also intermittently go dark and digitally transform the room into live-concert experiences as guests browse the “Wade in the Water” gospel exhibition and “The Message” hip-hop gallery, among others.
“Each gallery will be a different genre – gospel, blues, jazz, R&B and hip-hop,” said museum architect Harold Thompson. “You can trace the foundations of all of these genres back to gospel. We’ll tell that story.”
Visitors to the National Museum of African American Music will be greeted by colorful, large hanging installations, sculpture and digital displays in the lobby.
The museum will also feature a research center with a digital music database and extensive media library.
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