Marathon Factory Museum & Retail Shops — Attraction in Nashville-Davidson

What a well preserved, beautiful historic building! I went for the history as I didn’t know anything about Marathon’s auto making in Nashville. I really enjoyed seeing and reading about the tools, machines, parts, etc. The old advertisements are also impressive. As a museum it’s really well organized and informative. Supposedly there are a few surviving cars but I didn’t find those (maybe in some of the buildings across the street?). For anyone interested in discovering a slice of Nashville’s history while they shop or get something to eat, this factory museum is highly...

Stopped by the Marathon Factory Museum today ad we wanted to take a tour. I was extremely confused where to purchase tickets or if I had to purchase tickets. We instead wandered through the buildings. We never did find out if we had to purchase tickets. There were many cool artifacts to peruse and keep your interest along with some automobiles on display across the street. There is some pretty sick Nashville merch at reasonable prices and tons of shops with everything from clothing, collectives, food, olive oil and more. The best news was it...

Interesting to have all the parts strewn about through the shopping complex, but was hoping for a more museum like experience. The shops were generally basic touristy types, and nothing stood out as too special. Nice and clean, though the bathrooms stunk. Too many places to go in Nashville to bother...