This 60 minute guided tour takes you through the history of letterpress printing. Immerse yourself in the process of how posters were printed in the 1800's. At the end of your experience, take your commemorative poster home to show your family and friends. Redeem voucher at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Actual tour times will be assigned at the time of redemption. Please arrive before 11am for greatest tour availability.
Posted By : seanhP4152UA
Pros:
Very informative
Great stories
Great visual aids and samples
Friendly and interesting staff
Employee on his first day was terriffic!
Cons:
Long for kids under 10 (coloring materials helped)
Booking was problematic through Trip Advisor; suggest bookterrific!
There MUST be a more crafty/customized option for keepsake if you plan in advance.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 13:33:36 
Posted By : 958reannab
The tour was pretty interesting and the pricing wasn’t bad. But their claim was for you to able to create a custom print. However, you received a pre-determined background and chose from two color options. Then you printed on “Hatch Show Print” with only one color option. So there truly isn’t any real customization. That said it was a nice tour, and the people were nice but don’t expect much from the “custom” print.
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Posted On : 2024-05-09 19:28:07
Posted By : Catherine_J
This turned out to be a tour I glad I did. It was very interesting learning about the history of Hatch Show Print and how the printing process works.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 18:05:34 
Posted By : 15kerib
Very interesting tour. Fun to see how all those unique posters are made! A little disappointed at the souvenir poster but it's ok.
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Posted On : 2024-04-01 18:19:24
Posted By : Pamela_G
We loved learning about the history of this amazing business, and then drooled over everything in the gift shop. Such cool merch! We loved making our very own print to bring home, and then being able to observe the workers using the presses was pretty amazing. Highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-11-21 10:37:26
Posted By : Dave C
If you're interested in the history of concert posters in America (which, if you're considering this tour, I assume you are?) then this show is a worthwhile add to the CMA experience overall. Our docent was really informed and the discussion about typesetting, as well as the overall history of print advertising for concerts, was super interesting to me! I liked being able to use one of the Letterpress kits to print out a souvenir. Bailey (one of our two guides) really seemed to love her job.
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Posted On : 2023-11-08 18:02:36
Posted By : David_V
Super cool look at the History and Work of one of the great American institutions. Entertaining and knowledgable hosts create a fun atmosphere.
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Posted On : 2023-10-06 12:59:27
Posted By : Frances_V
The Hatch Show Print tour is the best tour in town! The Hatch Show Print knowledgeable guides made the shop’s history interesting as well as humorous.
In addition, all of the Viator personnel with whom I communicated to set up the tour were helpful and professional.
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Posted On : 2023-08-19 17:10:04
Posted By : ph0ugh1
This experience was more of a history lecture with a short hands-on demo. The last time we went, it was an actual tour where we walked on the floor of the print shop and were able to see (but not touch, of course) the beautiful presses and woodblocks, etc. We even went near the shelving and saw some of the larger and older pieces such as what is displayed in the window (which is what is shown on this trip). This is truly a living museum, and seeing through the window what anyone can see on any given day is not that special. Sorry to be negative, because this is my favorite place in Nashville. But, any way, it's a stretch to call this a tour. My granddaughter was very disappointed, because I had told her of my experience. Even the souvenir printing was lacking this time around, sorry to say - Oh well, we bought a poster and a t-shirt, and I told my sweet granddaughter "the rest of the story"...
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Posted On : 2023-07-12 15:08:24
Posted By : 146andrewu
Loved it! Such a close link to so many big pop, rock and country artists from the 50s to the present day.
Two tour guides, one gave a full account of the history of Hatch, the other a breakdown on the printing process itself. Really engaging and interesting, with laughs along the way.
The souvenir print is just putting the finishing touches on an existing print, but a nice takeaway all the same.
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Posted On : 2023-07-07 21:14:38
