Music America at the Wang Theatre: Iconic Objects from America’s Music History
When:
Friday, Aug 07, 2026 10:00a -
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026 3:00p
Friday, Aug 07, 2026 10:00a -
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026 3:00p
Where:
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame at the Wang Theatre
270 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
$17 per person
Categories:
Art, Photoworthy
Event website:
https://www.folkamericanarootshalloffame.org/events/detail/musicamerica
Date: Closes August 25
Venue: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
Music runs through the veins of America. Since the nation’s inception two and a half centuries ago, music has informed our national identity, interpreted it, and inspired it. Whether sacred or secular, urban or rural, folk or pop, classical or experimental, it all adds up to the soundtrack of our American story.
Featuring more than 100 legendary artifacts, Music America traces 250 years of music history, from early folk song books and hymnals to a Civil War bugle and a World War I ukulele once popular with soldiers.
Visitors will see Clarence Clemons’s saxophone, guitars from Prince, Jimi Hendrix, B. B. King, and John Lee Hooker, Charlie Daniels’s fiddle, Baby Dodds’s drum, and iconic stage looks worn by Etta James, Mary Wilson, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and more. The exhibit also showcases Elvis pieces and rare items from artists such as Bo Diddley, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Cobain, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, and Boston’s Tom Scholz.
Experience how music has shaped American identity for 250 years. Public tours are now available. Get your tickets below.
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