Monroe’s Bill Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum

Fans of bluegrass and traditional country music will love this place. I am that, and had an amazing time connecting with some of my favorite musicians through their stuff.
The museum is fairly humble in terms of size and displays. Don’t expect any new-​fangled interactive digital kiosks to entice the young ‘uns to start mandolin lessons. Still, it is four or five rooms of bluegrass cool. The costume, instrument, and poster collections are the real highlights in the museum. The cabin just outside the museum and the festival/​camping grounds are also worth seeing.
If my memory is correct, the admission fee for the museum was $ 4 per adult. The lady at the desk /​museum store cash register was friendly and knowledgeable. Since there were no events going on in the festival grounds, she offered to let us drive around to see the stages, cabins, and an great old touring truck.
Before leaving, we spent a half hour and $ 30 in the museum store. They had lots of great countrified and bluegrass-​themed gifts, shirts, books, CDs, etc.
Next time I head toward Brown County to see the autumn leaves, I will definitely stop back in. Not that this is what it is all about, but I got more twitter and Facebook mileage out of photos from here than all the trees-​on-​hills shots put together.