Sunday, January 25, 2015

Texoma music hall of fame exhibit now open

(SHERMAN, Texas) January 25, 2014

The Sherman Museum announced today that a new exhibit entitled, “Texoma Music Hall of Fame” is now open. The exhibition will run from January 16 through May 30 and highlights the lives and careers of several famous musicians that have ties to the Texoma region. Vintage records, instruments and other music related artifacts are also on display.
Sherman Museum at night
Sherman Museum

Seven artists are featured in the “Texoma Music Hall of Fame”, including: Bomar Cramer, Buddy Tate, Reba McEntire, Gene Autry, Miranda Lambert, Buck Owens and
Blake Shelton. Musicians such as, Randy Travis and Johnny Perry are also included in the exhibit. “It’s exciting to have so many important musicians with roots in this area and we wanted this exhibit to celebrate their lives and honor their accomplishments,” said Executive Director Dan Steelman.

Museum visitors will find an acoustic guitar that once belonged to Sherman native and Country Music Hall of Fame recipient, Buck Owens, on display during the exhibit.

Owens donated the guitar to the City of Sherman in 1996 and it is part of the permanent collection on display in the upstairs lobby at Kidd-Key Auditorium. The city has generously loaned it to the museum for the exhibit, along with two large scale paintings, one of Buck Owens and another of saxophonist Buddy Tate.

The Sherman Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Admission is: $5.00 for adults; $3.00 for seniors (Ages 60+); $2.00 for students (age 6-18) and for those with a college ID; FREE for children 5 and under and FREE for museum members.

About The Sherman Museum
The Sherman Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to collecting, preserving and interpreting objects of historical significance to Grayson County and the Greater North Texas Region. The museum was previously known as The Red River Historical Museum prior to a name change in March 2011.  The Sherman Museum is located at 301 S Walnut St, Sherman, TX 75090.

For more information about The Sherman Museum, visit us on the web at
www.theshermanmuseum.org.

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