Icon Entertainment Group, the parent company for both the Johnny Cash Museum and Patsy Cline Museum, is busting with joy this holiday season with the acknowledgement that their “glossed” and “new” museums helped secure Nashville the #8 spot on National Geographic‘s “The Cool List 2018”. This spotlight came just a few days before Toronto, Canada couple Jackie and Tony Seccombe became the Johnny Cash Museum’s one millionth customers.

“The 2017 holiday season is especially bright this year as we reached a monumental one million guests in just over four and a half years at the Johnny Cash Museum,” says Founder Bill Miller. “The Seccombe’s are proof that Johnny Cash continues to have an international impact on fans across the globe. Within the same seven days to see both the Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline Museums highlighted in National Geographic‘s ‘The Cool List 2018’ is an astonishing accomplishment and we’re proud of the team that we have at Icon Entertainment Group.”

National Geographic‘s “The Cool List 2018” highlights 18 destinations that the publication expects to “make it big” in 2018. Nashville was listed #8 on the list with the publication stating, “Like famous former resident Taylor Swift, Nashville has glossed itself up in recent years, with new museums devoted to Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash…” To read the full piece, click here.

At 1:55 PM CT on Tuesday, December 12 Jackie and Tony Seccombe of Toronto, Canada purchased the one millionth (and one million and one) ticket to the Johnny Cash Museum. The couple was presented with a gift bag full of more than $100 of Johnny Cash Museum merchandise and a pass that will guarantee them two adult admissions to the museum anytime they visit throughout 2018. In addition, the one millionth ticket and a photo of them is currently being framed and will be presented to the Seccombe’s.

Icon Entertainment Group, the parent company for The Johnny Cash Museum, also owns and operates Nudie’s Honky Tonk and Skull’s Rainbow Room. It was recently announced that a Merle Haggard museum and restaurant will be among their award-winning offerings in the summer of 2018.

About The Johnny Cash Museum

Earning the AAA Gem rating, The Johnny Cash Museum experience has quickly spread around the globe with outlets like CNN, USA Today, Parade, The NY Times, The NY Post, Billboard, Vogue, Southern Living, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Yahoo, Huffington Post, London’s NME, etc. all buzzing about the attraction. You never know who you will see at the museum as celebrities like Former VP and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, CMT Nashville cast members, Noah Galloway, Dancing With The Stars Val Chmerkovskiy, Weezer, The Oak Ridge Boys and American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe have all been spotted at the attraction. Located at 119 Third Avenue South between Demonbreun and Broadway, the Johnny Cash Museum is open every day from 9 AM to 6 PM. General admission is $18.95 with discounts for AAA, military, senior citizen and youth (6-15). “The Man in Black: The Style of Johnny Cash, Curated by Manuel” will become the newest exhibition for the attraction when it open on February 26, 2018 (Johnny’s birthday). Since opening its doors in April 2013, The Johnny Cash Museum has expanded twice adding a café and additional exhibition space. The latest wing of exhibits profile “Walk the Line,” The Carter Family and Cash Covers in addition to green screen technologies that enable fans to get a picture with Johnny Cash. The museum has received numerous accolades for their exhibitions and services:

Top 10 Trending U.S. Attraction for Fall 2017 – TripAdvisor
- November 2017

Top 25 Trending U.S. Attractions for Summer 2017 – TripAdvisor
- July 2017
Top 5 Museums Dedicated to Pop-Rock Music (worldwide) – Marie Claire
- June 2017
Top 3 Best Things to Do in Nashville – Orbitz
- July 2017
Top 10 Best Attractions in Nashville- USA Today
- June 2017
Gem Rating – AAA
#1 Must Visit Museum for Music Lovers [Worldwide] – Conde Nast’s Traveler
- September 22, 2014
#1 Pitch Perfect Museum [Worldwide] – National Geographic
- October 2, 2013
5 Nashville Must Sees – Forbes
- September 27, 2013
7 Great American Vacation Spots (That Won’t Bust Your Budget) – Time
- July 3, 2014
50 Reasons We’re Thankful to be Southern – Southern Living
- November 2012
22 Reasons You Should Visit Nashville – Huffington Post
- January 25^th, 2014
Top 10 Tennessee Spots for Music Lovers – Rolling Stone
- September 16, 2014
Best Culture Stop in Nashville – Money Magazine
- May 1, 2014

To stay updated on the museum, visit the following:

Website: www.johnnycashmuseum.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/johnnycashmuseum

Twitter: @CashMuseum

Instagram: @CashMuseum

About Patsy Cline Museum

Located on the second floor at 119 Third Avenue South, the Patsy Cline Museum houses the largest collection of Patsy Cline artifacts in the world featuring personal letters, photographs, costumes, clothing and household furnishings from her Nashville dream house that have been locked away for more than fifty years. Guests travel back to her humble beginnings in Winchester, VA and see family photos, possessions and even the very booth she waitressed as a teenager at Gaunt’s Drugstore. Never-before-seen costumes that exhibit her transition from western cowgirl to torch singing headliner are also be on display. Many of the costumes exhibited are creations designed and sewn by her mother, Hilda. Patrons also have the unique opportunity to step inside Patsy’s famed Rec Room, an exhibition containing original furnishings owned and used by Cline and her husband Charlie Dick. A bio film documents Patsy’s career and is hosted by noted actress Beverly D’Angelo, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in the 1980 film “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Since opening in April of 2017, it has already acquired the following accolades:

#3 Best Things to Do In Nashville This Spring – Country Living