These are no “Little Things.” Marty Stuart’s 22,000+ items mark the largest private collection of country music artifacts in the world, and they’re now at home in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s permanent collection.
You’ll see over 1,000 pieces of stage wear, 100 instruments, and 50 song manuscripts from a slew of big names in the industry rotated through the “Sing Me Back Home: Folk Roots to the Present” exhibition. As part of the agreement, some artifacts will be featured in Marty Stuart’s forthcoming Congress of Country Music museum in Philadelphia, MS.
A few key pieces to look for include:
- Johnny Cash’s suit | The artist’s first black stage suit from 1955
- Marty Stuart’s jacket | Made by western-wear designer Manuel Cuevas, covered in rhinestones, and worn in the 1991 music video for “Tempted”
- A Hank Williams song manuscript | Handwritten in 1947 on two pages for “I Saw the Light”
