Ralph Stanley Museum — Attraction in Clintwood

For the modest $5.00 admission to the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood, VA, visitors receive a day pass to a self-guided audio tour of two professionally curated floors of Appalachian musical history. Downstairs, museum patrons can sit in a replica Old Regular Baptist church pew between a television playing clips from Dr. Stanley's classic WCYB radio shows and a glass case full of awards and memorabilia from O Brother, Where Art Thou? The top floor of the museum features a collection of Dr. Stanley's wardrobe, awards, instruments, and other musical artifacts that will remind future generations of his many contributions to bluegrass, to the music industry, and to his Appalachian home. If you're planning to a trip along The Crooked Road, add the Ralph Stanley Museum to your list of...

Wow ! A MUST SEE for bluegrass and mountain music lovers. What a fabulous museum. Very tastefully done. A big beautiful old 2 story house packed full of Ralph Stanley pictures, videos, banjos, guitars, fiddles, and a lot of recordings of very old, and some not so old Stanley music. Coming here will give much more than just Ralph’s story; it will give you a broad history lesson on how mountain music started. The museum furnishes headphones, and you get to walk around at your leisure and plug into different jacks and hear Dr Ralph tell wonderful stories, sing songs, and share his heart. I stayed about two hours, and experienced it...

If you're a fan of the Stanley Brothers "high lonesome sound", this is a must-see. An in-depth look at the history of bluegrass music with particular emphasis on Ralph Stanley's long career and contribution...