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The Parthenon
25th at West End Ave,
Centennial Park,
Nashville, TN 37201
(615) 862-8431
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HOURS OF OPERATION
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The Parthenon is open year round Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 - 4:30.
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Admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for seniors 62 and over and children
4-17. Children under 4 are free.
Prices and hours subject to change without notice.
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Closed New Year's, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
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The Metro Board of Parks and Recreation does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin, or disability in admission, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. For TTY (relay service), call 1-800-849-0299. For questions, concerns, or requests regarding the American Disabilities Act call 862-8400.
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The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park. The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon just as it was in ancient Greece. The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals.
Originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, this replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture. The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 B.C. The originals of these powerful fragments are housed in the British Museum in London.
The Parthenon also serves as the city of Nashville's art museum. The focus of the Parthenon's permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M. Cowan. Additional gallery spaces provide a venue for a variety of temporary shows and exhibits.
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The natural Preservation of Form: sculpture by Kath Girdler Engler
August 15 - November 1, 2008
As a student, Kath Girdler Engler wandered the art museums of Italy and France, admiring well-known sculptures of antiquity. She was especially stirred by the pieces that had been damaged by war or time. Engler began to see these intriguing archeological forms as a source of information for her work. The artist states:
I believe in the past lives in all of us. Also, as the child of a veteran antique dealer, I was reared to value old, broken and discarded items. Today, they have become important parts of my sculptures.
Engler’s eclectic sculptures also celebrate the connections we have with each other and with the natural world. She explores such connections with figures made from and looking like elements of nature itself, using paper pulp mixed with natural and found objects. Engler’s second home is in New Zealand, and some of her assemblages carry messages and use natural materials from that far away land.
A reception for the artist will take place at the Parthenon on Friday, August 15, from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, this reception is free and open to the public.
The Parthenon is open 9:00-4:30, Tuesday –Saturday. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for seniors 62 and over and children 4-17. Children under 4 are free.
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IMMERSION: A Katrina Room
William Rosen
August 27-December 13, 2008
Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina prepared to make landfall. As a fourth generation New Orleanian, William Rosen had been through many storms, so he and his wife packed overnight bags and prepared to leave the city for the duration of the hurricane. But as the world knows, this storm brought more than the usual disaster: the levees were breeched following the hurricane, flooding 80% of the city. Instead of returning in a few days to a house that had withstood the storm, Rosen and his daughter arrived a month later to document a ruin. On the third anniversary of this devastating natural and man-made disaster, the Parthenon examines Katrina through the eyes of one man representing the thousands who lost both little and all. A life-sized room construction, papered in Rosen’s enlarged photos of the house’s interior, helps visitors envision what was left after the water subsided. In some cases, an eerie beauty remains in these former living quarters. The exhibit also includes images from the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper archives and two front pages from the paper’s Katrina coverage.
A 5:30 cocktail reception, featuring a lecture by Jim Amoss, Pulitzer Prize-winning Editor of the Times-Picayune, will take place at the Parthenon on August 27. Proceeds from the $75-per-person lecture/reception, which is sponsored by Mr. Rosen, will benefit New Orleans Habitat for Humanity. For more information on this event or to purchase tickets, please call Angie at 615-862-8431. Following the ticketed event is a free public opening from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., sponsored by The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park.
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