Welcoming Week Free Architecture Tour 3 PM

New to Nashville? Want to learn about ancient Greek AND Nashville history? The Nashville Parthenon is the perfect place for you!

To celebrate Welcoming Week, the most iconic museum in Nashville invites you to an Exterior Architecture Tour at 3 PM Central. This program is FREE and open to the public.

The Nashville Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee’s 1897 Centennial Exposition, is a replica of the historic Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Built between 447 and 438 BCE in the Age of Pericles, the Parthenon was dedicated to the city’s patron deity, Athena. This magnificent temple would become the largest Doric Greek temple, although it was innovative in that it mixed the two architectural styles of Doric and Ionic.

Learn the story of over 2,500 years of architectural history in a 30-45-minute Architecture Tour of the Parthenon. You’ll discover the curves and refinements that make the structure an architectural masterpiece.

This program takes place outside the museum entrance and involves walking, looking up, climbing steps, and crouching down. Subject to cancellation due to severe weather. Masks are required inside the museum.

Questions? Please contact [email protected]