interior mural at the Tennessee State Museum, the Nashville Scene’s 2026 Best Free Fun in Nashville

Best Free Fun: Tennessee State Museum

Second Place: Musicians Corner at Centennial Park

Third Place: Nashville Sites

Past Best of Nashville wins: Tennessee State Museum also took Best Free Fun in the Readers' Poll in 2024. In our Writers’ Choice they’ve been named Best Free Programming (2023), Best Free Family Fun (2020), Best Gift Shop (2020) and Best Free Cultural Experience (2019).