Nashville, Tenn., — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum has launched a $75 million capital campaign that will finance the museum’s 200,000-square-foot expansion. With the new addition, the museum will double in size, from 140,000 square feet, to more than 350,000 square feet, tripling the existing exhibit space and adding additional archival storage, an 800-seat theater and a new educational center. Steve Turner, chairman of the museum’s Board of Officers and Trustees, announced the kickoff of the public phase of the campaign this morning at a ceremony in the museum’s Ford Theater.
“This is an unbelievable moment in the history of this museum and in the history of Nashville,” said Turner…