The Museum has an extensive, permanent objects collection. This collection includes more than eight hundred stage costumes, over six hundred instruments, and hundreds of other objects—from microphones to automobiles—documenting the history of country music.

For 140 years, Hatch Show Print has married events with art—for headliners from Johnny Cash to Jason Isbell, Patsy Cline to Paramore. With the exhibition Every Poster Tells a Story: 140 Years of Hatch Show Print, evocative artifacts provide a visual tour through the shop’s storied history.