Tammy Wynette Alabama DeFord Bailey Roy Acuff Sara Carter

SKETCH A
PUPPET
Is your puppet a recording artist?
Or is it something from your imagination?
What clothing does your puppet wear?
Does he/she play an instrument?
STRING CITY SEARCH!
Now that you’ve enjoyed String City: Nashville’s
Tradition of Music and Puppetry, use these activities
to EXPLORE String City in the museum galleries.
What can you find? Keep your completed activity
sheet to remember your experience.
DRAW a line from each artist to their artifact
on display in the museum.
DeFord Bailey
Keith Urban
Alabama
Roy Acuff
Tammy Wynette
Charley Pride
Sara Carter
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Taylor Swift
Programs are supported by:
This original program was created by Nashville Public Library’s Wishing Chair
Productions in collaboration with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Made possible by Judy and Steve Turner and the Nashville Public Library Foundation.
Family programs are funded in part by The Bonnaroo Works Fund of The Community
Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Epiphone, Fender, Jackson National Community Fund,
the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, Nashville Parent, and the Willard and Pat
Walker Charitable Foundation.
Technology Partners: Cisco; NewTek; Personal Computer Systems, Inc.; and Promethean.
Shirt with
Tatted Trim
Flour Sack
Megaphone
Tuxedo with Brocade Trim
Washboard
STEP INSIDE Family Fun
Downtown Nashville • 615.416.2001 • CountryMusicHallofFame.org • @CountryMusicHOF
Double-Necked
Steinberger Guitar
Beaded Gown
Taylor GS6
Zimmerman
Autoharp
Answer Key: Artifact Match-DeFord Bailey (Megaphone), Roy Acuff (Flour Sack), Sara Carter (Zimmerman Autoharp), Charley Pride (Tuxedo),
Alabama (Double-Necked Steinberger Guitar), Tammy Wynette (Beaded Gown), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Washboard), Taylor Swift (Taylor GS6), Keith Urban (Shirt with Tatted Trim).
Guess Who Guitars- 1. Hank Williams, 2. Lester Flatt, 3. Jimmie Rodgers.
GUESS WHO
GUITARS
The museum displays a few guitars belonging to artists
featured in String City.
WRITE the name of the artist in the space.
CIRCLE features that are different on each instrument.
HINT! They are on the 3rd floor.
String City features many artists who are members of the
Country Music Hall of Fame. LOOK for their plaques in the
Hall of Fame Rotunda.
HUNT FOR
HALL OF FAME
1. CHECK the ones you find.
2. CIRCLE the ones you would like to know more about.
EXTRA! What year were they inducted?
MEMBERS
Alabama
20
Bill Monroe
19
The Carter Family
19
Chet Atkins
19
DeFord Bailey
20
Dolly Parton
19
Eddy Arnold
19
Ernest Tubb
19
Garth Brooks
20
George Jones
19
George Strait
20
Loretta Lynn
19
NOTE some other guitar brands you see in the museum.
How are they DIFFERENT from each other?
How are they the SAME?
Minnie Pearl
19
Patsy Cline
19
Reba McEntire
20
Vince Gill
20
Willie Nelson
20