In May 2023, the Johnny Cash Museum will celebrate 10 years as a staple of Nashville, country music and Johnny Cash culture. The museum was recently one of 20 museums around the United States nominated by a panel of travel experts for USA Today’s Readers’ Choice 10 Best Music Museums. Readers can vote for their choice once a day until February 13 and the top 10 will be announced on February 24. Voting can be found here: https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-music-museum/
“As we celebrate the tenth year of the opening of the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, it’s especially gratifying to be among the 20 museums chosen by USA Today’s experts to be nominated for America’s best music museum. Johnny’s legacy continues to be celebrated by fans of all ages from all over the world,” said Bill Miller, CEO of Icon Entertainment Group, owner of the Johnny Cash Museum.
Icon’s flagship asset, the Johnny Cash Museum was born out of Miller’s personal relationship with the legendary artist that began 50 years ago. Cash was instrumental in helping the teenaged Miller establish an early foothold in Nashville as a photographer, and later enlisted Miller to launch his official website. After engaging with hundreds of thousands of Cash fans through his Johnny Cash Radio Show weekly podcast, Miller recognized that Nashville lacked a Cash attraction that properly honored the man who literally put the city on the map internationally, and promptly set out to establish the Johnny Cash Museum.
Opened in 2013, the museum was the first component of Icon Entertainment Group’s extensive presence in downtown Nashville, which now includes more than 100,000 square feet of commercial real estate. With the Johnny Cash Museum celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, earning the top spot on USA Today’s Readers’ Choice 10 Best Music Museums list would be particularly special for Bill Miller and Icon.
A celebration of Johnny Cash Museum’s 10-year anniversary will be announced in the coming weeks.
About Johnny Cash Museum
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, the Johnny Cash Museum is officially authorized by the Estate of Johnny Cash and features the largest and most comprehensive collection of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia in the world. Ranked the #1 Music Museum in the world by Forbes, Condé Nast and National Geographic Traveler and one of only six Nashville attractions to garner the coveted AAA Gem Rating, the museum has welcomed millions of visitors to-date. With state-of-the-art exhibits, personal letters, stage costumes, guitars, handwritten lyrics and contributions from family members and notable friends and an expansive gift shop, the museum is THE premier Cash venue to visit. Open every day in the heart of downtown Nashville.
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