Johnny Cash Museum and Bongo Java Cafe

This museum displays pictures & memorabilia from the life of music icon Johnny Cash.

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    (615) 256-1777

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    johnnycashmuseum.com

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    History Museum

Address

119 3rd Ave S (btwn Broadway & Demonbreun St) Nashville , TN 37201 United States

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Michael Huntley

Must stop while in Nashville! A great look at one of Country music 's more well known performers . Great collection at personal life with a good video look at his tv/movie career. Good job to staff !

Erik Rowley

A beautiful tribute and a fascinating display into the life of Johnny Cash . It also pays tribute to early rock'n roll artists during the Sun Records period. A must see museum in Nashville!

Steve Johnston

A great retrospective on the life of Johnny Cash . Make sure to turn left at the end of the hall to check out the Sun Records exhibit . A few too many replicas of historical items, but great collection.

Mark B

Very cool museum about Johnny Cash. Lots of personal items of his along with the history of his rise to fame. A well put together exhibit .

Tammy Cassidy

What an amazing collection! Thank you so much for sharing these special memories. And what a special treat to meet Ms. Joanne Cash! Thank you!

Roshel Aghassi

So much music history in here. Great music playing but so much more. Highly recommend if you're looking for a small piece of history.

Mark Adams

Great museum . The best exhibit is Johnny cash progression of sound. Listen to a bunch of versions of the same song. Make sure u finish with the remastered.

Sandrene Mathews

One of the few tourist places I like to go, in any city . I live here and have been several times, even without the excuse of taking my out of town friends.

Amanda McNeil

The picture with Johnny Cash sounds corny but is actually really cool! The stone wall inside the museum is the wall from the Cash house, and you can touch it!

Amanda Z

This was the coolest museum I've ever visited. Very interactive, and there's so many cool artifacts and fun facts we never knew about

Alexander Frost

This is an awesome memorial to a legendary musician . I'm admittedly not a big fan of country music , but I'd certainly recommend checking this place out to even the most diehard non-country folks.

Rachel K

Pretty small museum . There's really only a few rooms, but the exhibits are nicely designed and there are lots of stations for listening to his music .

Stephanie Davis

Took about 3 hours between the reading, videos, audio stations, and shopping. Enjoy the experience. There's a lot to take in.

Amanda Z

The coolest museum I've ever been to. Very interactive and there's so many different artifacts and cool facts we never knew about!

Allison Kasic

If you're wondering what type of branded merchandise you can get in the gift store , the answer is anything:

Alissa Ludanskaa

Amazing interactive museum ! Not too big but very interesting and descriptive

Bradley Noblitt

Great place to visit! They are about to open another HUGE section with several items on display from the Johnny Cash's estate. Incredible museum .

Nicole

Very cool experience. Most of the artifacts are hand written tagged by the man himself.

D.J. Breneman

A nice little museum . Not to big to take to much of your during your visit

Lesley Espinosa

To small but alot to see! A must see if you are in #nashville

Steve Shepherd

Small museum with loads of exhibits . Recommend a visit.

Cicely L

Great little museum for a fan!! Just the right mix or memorabilia , history and film clips.

Briana Bailey

Cool museum but bathroom situation is terrible. There are 2 single bathrooms in the ticket/gift shop area and apparently a bathroom inside the museum but even w/ ticket they didn’t let us go back

Erik Rowley

My hometown Spirit Lake , IA is one of the places sung by Johnny Cash in "I've Been Everywhere Man". If you haven't been, GO!

Alexis Smith

Everything, a very through museum of the life of Johnny Cash . Very enjoyable!!!

Stuart Rosenberg

A pretty cool, efficient look at Johnny Cash's life and accomplishments. Worth an hour or so of your time.

Lynn Morton

Super cool place to check out in Nashville. If you're a Cash fan , you shouldn't miss this.

Vincent DiNardo

Really cool stuff, great audio and visuals, go at your own pace

Steve Shepherd

Small museum with loads of exhibits . Recommend a visit.

Yaeka Katsuta

It is a small museum but there is lots of content and memorabilia . Plan on spending at least an hour there

Kurtis Sherry

Well worth visiting if you’ve any interest in his music

mary pinson

a lot of history crammed in this fairly unassuming museum ! check it out!

James C

Great museum dedicated to the Man in Black .

Thomas Duebner

Hurt is such a powerful song and video. This museum was a great experience.

paul t

Must see for any Cash fan or music lover

Sydney Robinson

An AMAZING museum ! Absolute amazing tribute to Johnny Cash!

Virginia Foutz

Awesome museum ! Highly recommended

Maggie MacG

This museum is pretty interesting but has a weird layout and can get quiet crowded .

Marjorie Lima

I loved this museum

Wael Hassan

Nice little museum for country music lovers.

Yanina Chuprova

Lovely museum

Kathy Cash

INCREDIBLE ! A must see!

Nick G

Why would you not? Tasteful slice of Americana at its finest.

Darrell Reinhold

Put this on your to do list if you are ever in Nashville!

Fawn Alexander

Love this place

Julia Hoyer

Fans must go

Eric Weltner

Absolutely extraordinary!

Geoff Reinhardt

Don’t worry, it’s not CASH only . ????

tara wesely

Charged us tax on TN's tax free holiday. Said they "just opened" & "didn't participate because we were just notified & didn't have time to prepare" also their "manager doesn't know how to do that". BS

kevin kiernan

Expensive, small, overcrowded. We couldn't enjoy this as it was too packed. Staff disinterested - they may know how bad it is. Too bad!

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