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The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery (until 2020, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery) is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. [1] It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. [2] Leicester Museum & Art Gallery contains displays of science, history and art, both international and local.
The Hermitage Hotel, is a historic hotel located at 231 6th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. Commissioned by 250 Nashville residents in 1908 [ 2 ] and named for Andrew Jackson 's estate, The Hermitage near Nashville, [ 3 ] the hotel opened in 1910. [ 4 ]
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery: Leicester: Multiple: Dinosaurs, geology, art, Ancient Egypt, natural history, world art Newarke Houses Museum: Leicester: Multiple: Local history, room settings from the 17th century and the 1950s and 70s, toys, history of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, period street scene Old Rectory Museum: Loughborough: Local
Chapters of the new association sprang up across the South, and the first national meeting of the KKK took place at the hotel in April 1867. [6] [7] What local citizens called "Overton's Folly" [3] was finally completed and opened in fall 1869; total costs were $500,000. [1] The Maxwell House was Nashville's largest hotel, with five stories and ...
Originally the University of Nashville, Literary Department Building. Begun in 1853; architect was Major Adolphus Heiman of Nashville. [9] 122: Nashville Christian Institute Gymnasium: Nashville Christian Institute Gymnasium: March 10, 2005 : 2420 Batavia St.
Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998 [58] Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville [59] Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar [60] Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge [61] Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising [62]
Cheekwood is a 55-acre (22 ha) historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens.Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) Georgian-style mansion was opened as a botanical garden and art museum in 1960.
The Hermitage is a National Historic Landmark and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville in the neighborhood of Hermitage. The 1,000-acre (400 ha)+ site was owned by President Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, from 1804 until his death there in 1845.