A collection of items including a bomber jacket and a boombox in an exhibit about the evolution and spread of hip-hop in the 1980s. Photographed ahead of the opening of the National Museum of African American Music in 2021.

At the National Museum of African American Music

Second Place: Frist Art Museum

Third Place: Casa Azafrán

Past Best of Nashville wins: In our Writers’ Choice, National Museum of African American Music has also been named Best Black Music History Experience (2021).