{"id":1972137,"date":"2025-08-21T11:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1972137"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:05:21","slug":"see-minnie-pearls-hat-and-other-precious-grand-ole-opry-artifacts-at-new-country-hall-of-fame-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/see-minnie-pearls-hat-and-other-precious-grand-ole-opry-artifacts-at-new-country-hall-of-fame-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"See Minnie Pearl&#8217;s hat and other precious Grand Ole Opry artifacts at new Country Hall of Fame exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ongoing celebration marking the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/grand-ole-opry-100-years-100835867.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"> Grand Ole Opry&#8217;s 100th anniversary<\/a> is getting a spotlight at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a new exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Grandest Stage: The Opry at 100&#8221; will run from Sept. 18 through March 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Opry\u2019s status as America\u2019s leading country music radio show &#8230; made possible Nashville\u2019s emergence as the undisputed center of the country music industry,&#8221; said Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This exhibit will survey the enduring history of the program, which has survived a century of evolutions in country music and popular culture, major challenges from new media and sources of entertainment, a catastrophic flood and a crippling pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Country Music Hall of Fame member Minnie Pearl wore this straw hat, decorated with cloth flowers and dangling $1.98 price tag, at her Opry debut in 1940.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will also host a panel discussion featuring Opry members Vince Gill and Carly Pearce, plus Dan Rogers, senior vice president and executive producer of the Grand Ole Opry. Paul Kingsbury, the museum&#8217;s senior director of editorial and interpretation, will moderate the discussion. The program will take place at 2 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum&#8217;s Ford Theater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tickets will be available on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countrymusichalloffame.org\/calendar\/the-grandest-stage-the-opry-at-100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the museum's website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the museum&#8217;s website<\/a> on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">What will be displayed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum&#8217;s Grand Ole Opry exhibition?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The exhibit will feature 100 years of historic and Opry-related artifacts, including the following clothing and instruments:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A wooden steamboat whistle used by the Opry&#8217;s founder and longtime announcer, George D. Hay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Hohner Marine Band chromatic harmonica that belonged to Dr. Humphrey Bate, whose string band, the Possum Hunters, was the first to play country music over WSM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The hand-built hammered dulcimer Kitty Cora Cline of Westmoreland, Tennessee, played when she became the first female solo performer on the Opry in 1928.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 1927 Martin 00-42 played at the Opry by Paul Warmack, a mechanic by trade who led the Gully Jumpers, a hoedown band whose members all came from rural communities around Nashville. The group joined the Opry in 1927 and continued with various lineups until the 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 16-inch, metal-based acetate disc containing the first performance of &#8220;The Prince Albert Show,&#8221; a segment of the Opry broadcast over the NBC radio network in October 1939.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country Music Hall of Fame member Minnie Pearl&#8217;s straw hat, decorated with cloth flowers and dangling $1.98 price tag, worn at her Opry debut in 1940.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A letter from Opry manager E. W. &#8220;Bud&#8221; Wendell, now a Country Music Hall of Fame member, inviting Country Music Hall of Fame member Charley Pride to become an Opry member in December 1968.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country Music Hall of Fame member Reba McEntire&#8217;s custom-made boots, modeled after a pair worn by Country Music Hall of Fame member Patsy Cline, which McEntire wore when making her Opry debut in September 1977.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suit worn by Ella Langley at her debut performance at the Opry in February 2023. Langley customized the suit with beads and embroidery in the style of her grandmother&#8217;s handwriting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/21\/grand-old-opry-country-music-hall-of-fame-exhibit-nashville\/85740697007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnie Pearl's hat, Opry artifacts to be on display in new exhibit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnie Pearl&#8217;s hat, Opry artifacts to be on display in new exhibit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing celebration marking the Grand Ole Opry&#8217;s 100th anniversary is getting a spotlight at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a new exhibit. &#8220;The Grandest Stage: The Opry at 100&#8221; will run from Sept. 18 through March 2027. &#8220;The Opry\u2019s status as America\u2019s leading country music radio show &#8230; made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1972138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[317129,39367,351188,327108],"class_list":["post-1972137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-country-music-hall-of-fame","tag-grand-ole-opry","tag-paul-kingsbury","tag-the-opry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/See-Minnie-Pearls-hat-and-other-precious-Grand-Ole-Opry.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}