Beyond-venerable Nashville institution Hatch Show Print announced today they'll be moving from their current location at 316 Broadway into their own "new, custom-designed space" in an expanded Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, some time late in 2013. In a press release received by the Scene, museum director Kyle Young said, "For more than 20 years, the museum has labored to safeguard Hatch and its legacy, and this is the culmination of that work. The shop has changed locations seven times over its 133-year history; now it will have a ‘forever’ home."
The begin-all of Nashville's thriving printmaking culture, Hatch is a Music City treasure. Its new location will take it off the main tourist strip downtown, but will also have more space for printmaking demos, and give museum visitors the chance to see the staff at work through large glass windows. But even though the shop will be subsumed by the new CMHoF expansion, Young says, "Admission to Hatch will continue to be free, and visitors will be able to access the shop from a new entrance on Fifth Ave. S., from the museum’s current Demonbreun Street entrance and from the Omni Hotel."
One of Nashville's best getting bigger and better — hard to argue with that. Full release below.
