# Patsy Cline Museum

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The '''Patsy Cline Museum''' is a museum that opened on April 7, 2017, on the second floor of the [Johnny Cash Museum](/source/Johnny_Cash_Museum) building on Third Avenue South in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee). It is home to an extensive collection of [Patsy Cline](/source/Patsy_Cline) memorabilia as well as real-life artifacts once owned by the country singer, who [died in a plane crash in 1963](/source/1963_Camden_PA-24_crash) at the age of 30.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/patsy-cline-museum-10-must-see-items-113572/|title=Patsy Cline Museum: 10 Must-See Items|last=Betts|first=Stephen L.|date=2017-04-10|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
thumb|right|Patsy Cline at the Mint Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Circa 1962

== History ==
Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, Patsy Cline recorded three studio albums and had two number one songs on the country music chart before her untimely death, but death didn't actually stop her rise to fame. Her recorded music continued to chart, and her fan base continued to grow in the decades following her death, and she became the first female inducted into the [Country Music Hall of Fame](/source/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum) – 10 years posthumously.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/travel-outdoors/article/Patsy-Cline-Museum-and-the-wonderful-women-of-12904176.php|title=Patsy Cline Museum and the wonderful women of Music City give you more reasons to be crazy over Nashville|date=2018-05-10|work=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>

Shannon and Bill Miller, who also founded the Johnny Cash Museum, wanted to create a similar museum for Patsy Cline. They had the opportunity to do so after [Charlie Dick](/source/Charlie_Dick) – Patsy Cline's husband – died in 2015, leaving behind a collection of his and Patsy's belongings that he had previously kept hidden away.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.daily-journal.com/life/travel/patsy-cline-museum-showcases-her-personal-possessions/article_861cc1b0-3ec9-5db3-8883-fe41435d69b6.html|title=Patsy Cline Museum showcases her personal possessions|last=Group|first=Jackie Sheckler Finch  Small Newspaper|work=The Daily Journal|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Location ==
The 4,000-square-foot museum is located in the SoBro (South of Broadway) neighborhood on Third Avenue South in Nashville. It is open daily, with exceptions for [Thanksgiving](/source/Thanksgiving) and [Christmas](/source/Christmas). Admission is free for children under age 6, and children 6 to 15 pay reduced admission prices. Limited parking is available nearby on the surrounding streets.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/patsy-cline-museum|title=Patsy Cline Museum Visitor Guide|work=Old Town Trolley Tours|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/04/06/patsy-cline-museum-celebrates-grand-opening/99976652/|title=Patsy Cline Museum celebrates grand opening|work=The Tennessean|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}}</ref>

== Exhibits ==
The Patsy Cline Museum focuses on the relatively modest life Cline and her family led, in spite of her growing success and fame. Her husband, Charlie Dick, saved a lot of her personal possessions, including the [sewing machine](/source/sewing_machine) used by Cline's mother, Hilda Hensley, to sew the signature cowgirl costumes she wore early in her career, a custom cigarette lighter, and her [salt and pepper shaker](/source/Salt_and_pepper_shakers) collection. He also kept the [telegram](/source/telegram_(telegraphy)) he received from [Colonel Tom Parker](/source/Colonel_Tom_Parker) – [Elvis Presley's](/source/Elvis_Presley) manager – offering condolences after Cline's death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/56686|title=Patsy Cline Museum, Nashville, Tennessee|website=RoadsideAmerica.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

The halls in the museum include several exhibits that focus on specific stages in Cline's life. For example, one exhibit includes the sign, a wooden booth, and a milkshake maker from the pharmacy – Gaunt's Drug Store – where she worked during her teen years in [Winchester, Virginia](/source/Winchester%2C_Virginia). Visitors can also see the porch seat from her childhood home in that same town. A recreated version of the dining room in the home she later shared with Charlie Dick in Nashville includes her Filter Queen [vacuum cleaner](/source/vacuum_cleaner) and the canceled check she used to buy it. A replica of the home's rec room includes a hi-fi console and [record player](/source/Phonograph), various [vinyl LPs](/source/LP_record), and a reel-to-reel tape player along with a black and white TV playing Cline's performances and a Norge refrigerator that still works. The red padded faux leather bar in the room has "Patsy & Charlie" printed on it.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />

Interactive stations allow visitors to listen to [Cline's music](/source/Patsy_Cline_discography), watch clips of her performances, and read full copies of some of her handwritten letters. Many recognizable stage costumes, such as the sequined dress from her series of shows at Mint Casino in [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas) in 1962, are on display throughout the museum. Some of the costumes were designed by Cline herself and sewn by her mother.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />

Various mementos are on display in the museum, including a large number of items that personally belonged to Cline and a few that tend to have an emotional impact, such as the [Elgin](/source/Elgin_National_Watch_Company) watch – a gift from her husband – worn by Cline at the time of her death, her silver engraved wedding ring, the ID bracelet (with photos inside) that she gave to Charlie Dick, and the handkerchief used by her mom at her funeral. An [AMI jukebox](/source/Jukebox) commemorates Cline's two songs that are on the list of Top 20 Jukebox Hits of All Time: #1 "[Crazy](/source/Crazy_(Willie_Nelson_song))" and #17 "[I Fall to Pieces](/source/I_Fall_to_Pieces)".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/patsy-cline-museum/|title=Inside Nashville's Brand New Patsy Cline Museum|date=2017-04-07|work=Wide Open Country|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

Other exhibits include:

* Wall of [45s](/source/Single_(music)) displaying both A and B sides<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
* Key to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) given to Cline by [Mayor Robert F. Wagner](/source/Robert_F._Wagner_Jr.) in 1961<ref name=":0" />
* Canceled check used to pay the deposit for the furniture in her home<ref name=":0" />
* Oriental black jewelry box with [costume jewelry](/source/costume_jewelry)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />
* Boot-shaped cigarette lighter<ref name=":0" />
* Clock shaped like a [pocket watch](/source/pocket_watch)<ref name=":0" />
* Handwritten letters to family and fans<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
* Wedding photo album and scrapbook<ref name=":3" />
* Album covers<ref name=":3" />
* Awards<ref name=":3" />
* Sketches of costume designs personally drawn by Cline<ref name=":4" />
* [Jimmy Dean](/source/Jimmy_Dean) fan club card<ref name=":4" />
* Gold [lamé pants](/source/Lam%C3%A9_(fabric)) and shoes<ref name=":4" />
* Costumes and memorabilia from ''[Sweet Dreams](/source/Sweet_Dreams_(1985_film))'', the movie about Cline's life<ref name=":4" />
* [Biopic](/source/Biographical_film) hosted by [Beverly D'Angelo](/source/Beverly_D'Angelo), the actress nominated for a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe_Award) for her portrayal of Cline in [''Coal Miner's Daughter''](/source/Coal_Miner's_Daughter_(film)).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/03/16/sounds-crazy-nashvilles-new-patsy-cline-museum-opens-april-7/|title=Sounds Crazy: Nashville's New Patsy Cline Museum Opens April 7|date=2017-03-16|work=Nash Country Daily|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

The exhibits in the museum are arranged in chronological order, with the last one featuring the costumes designed by Cline that she asked [Nudie Cohn](/source/Nudie_Cohn) – a famous designer who created rhinestone-studded "Nudie suits" for many stars – to make for her. She sent her request along with measurements to Cohn on February 28, 1963. His reply agreeing to do the job arrived after she died less than a week later on March 5, 1963. Decades later, Cohn's granddaughter completed the costumes for the exhibit.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==See also==
* [List of music museums](/source/List_of_music_museums)

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