The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to preserving its unparalleled collection of historically and culturally unique resources documenting the history of country music, as well as making them publicly accessible for research and educational purposes.

The processing, cataloging, and digitization of collection materials is ongoing.  Additional materials are added to the online resources on a continuous basis. For inquiries about content that is not available through the online resources please email: archives@countrymusichalloffame.org

Visit the Library and Archive

Onsite Reading Room access hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. by appointment. To schedule an appointment please email: archives@countrymusichalloffame.org 

Digital Archive

The online Digital Archive contains digitized content including photographic images, recorded sound, moving images, printed materials, posters, oral history interviews, objects, and born digital items. Due to copyright restrictions, some content within the Digital Archive is restricted to onsite use only.

Finding Aids

Finding aids serve as inventories that describe and list the contents of manuscript collections and contain information about the individual or organization that created the collection. Through the online ArchivesSpace platform you can search and browse these finding aids for collections that are available for research.

Catalog

Print materials and sound recordings can be found within the online WorldCat catalog.