VMFA on the Road Artmobile at Birthplace of Country Music Museum

📅 Sunday, September 13, 2026 🕐 10:00am – 1:00pm 📍 Bristol Family / Kids

VMFA on the Road provides visitors the opportunity to see and experience authentic works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This state-of-the-art experience is an Artmobile for the 21st century. By way of VMFA’s Statewide Partners program, which includes 1,000 community centers, small museums, colleges, and universities, VMFA on the Road brings enriching art experiences to thousands—literally meeting people where they are. This state-of-the-art mobile museum and education studio will be at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum and open to school groups, drop-in visitors, and Bristol Rhythm festivalgoers for several days in September.

Exhibit Description: Brought to you from the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia as America: Navigating Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness explores the American ideal that was first expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Fourteen works of art—paintings, prints, and decorative objects—provide an alternative lens by which to understand our past, encouraging us to consider the hopes and challenges of those founding principles and their persistent relevance for realizing a “more perfect union.”

You can learn more about the artwork on display here.

This VMFA exhibition is in recognition of VA250, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Revolutionary War, and the Independence of the United States.

Family Visit Guide: A Family Visit Guide is available online, and paper copies will be available at the Artmobile for visitors to use and take with them.

DROP-IN VISITORS

Drop-in visitors can view the Artmobile for free on Wednesday, September 9 and Thursday, September 10, 2026 at times when school groups are not booked, see below (BOOKED and OPEN FOR DROP-IN VISITORS times will be marked as such).

Drop-ins are also welcome Friday, September 11–Sunday, September 13 (see open times below) because the Artmobile will be

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