Country Music Hall of Fame Makes Major Taylor Swift Announcement

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum made a major Taylor Swift announcement on Friday, April 18.

Taylor Swift performs onstage for night three of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Nissan Stadium on May 07, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum made a major Taylor Swift announcement on Friday, April 18 — they are adding artifacts from Swift’s Eras Tour to her exhibit in the Taylor Swift Education Center, the organization announced via press release.

Swifties will have a year to make their pilgrimage to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville to see the new pieces, as the press release says that new objects “will be on view for museum visitors through spring 2026.” They are accessible through general admission; no special ticket is required.

The Eras Tour ran from March 2023 to December 2024, traversing five continents and entertaining over 10 million fans. The new artifacts at the museum are from the “Fearless” portion of the tour and they include Swift’s custom Roberto Cavalli couture silver fringed dress with crystal embellishments, the Christian Louboutin silver embellished boots worn by Swift, and her Gibson J-180 Custom Crystal guitar. The instrument was customized by the Swift family, with more than 5,000 Swarovski crystals and Taylor’s favorite number, 13, inlaid with crystals on the guitar’s body.

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Additionally, the museum is already displaying special artwork commemorating the tour and friendship bracelets that Swift received from her fans during the tour.

Finally, the section of the museum titled “American Currents: State of the Music” will have new artifacts from the “Speak Now” portion of the tour. Those include the custom-designed Nicole + Felicia Couture tiered gown — made with 500 yards of glitter tulle in various shades of purple and embellished with more than 3,000 crystals — Swift wore when she performed “Enchanted” and “Long Live” during the “Speak Now” era segment; the Taylor GSLJ Living Jewels acoustic guitar — with a turquoise blue finish and koi fish inlays on the fingerboard and top — that Swift played when she performed “Long Live (Taylor’s Version).” She also used the guitar during her “Speak Now World Tour” (2011-2012) and in the 2022 music video for “Anti-Hero.”

The Taylor Swift Education Center opened in 2013 due to a generous donation from Swift, which was enough to double the size of the nonprofit. According to the press release, the Taylor Swift Education Center includes “classrooms, youth art installations, interactive galleries and learning labs with resources to facilitate distance learning and songwriting programs.”

In 2024 alone, over 100,000 people participated in in-person and virtual education programs, many of which originated with the Taylor Swift Education Center.

If fans happen to live near Nashville, on Saturday, April 19, the museum will be offering a special experience for fans to mark the unveiling of the new items — a friendship bracelet-making center from 1 to 3 p.m. local time at the museum.