The Parthenon

Good for sightseeing. Did not pay to enter the Parthenon and see statues. Walked around the park and took some pics. It was like 20 degrees that morning and most of us were not used to being out in weather that cold so we made it a quick trip.

For $ 6 it’s definitely worth a visit.
The museum isn’t that large. It took us about an hour to make it through the whole thing. But you really can’t beat the price.
It is interesting reading the history of the parthenon and the fair. They do a good job telling a story. All of their text is just enough to be descriptive, but not too much to get boring.
The statue of Athena is breathtaking. It is huge and a picture moment. I should know, we took a ton in front of it. And again, the museum does a good job giving you comprehensive information without it being overwhelming.

This place is pretty cool. It is the world’s only scale replica to the actual Parthenon in Greece. It’s in Centennial Park, which is very nice and has good walking trails, and an old steam locomotive on display. You can go inside the Parthenon, but it costs $ 6 for Adults and I think $ 4 for children. The museum inside is neat, but the hat trick is the 42′ statue of Athena inside, and the huge bronze doors. It’s worth the visit. Also note… This place IS handicapped accessible inside. There are ramps and an elevator, so you can see everything inside. On that note, the actual Parthenon itself (the perimeter of the actual building (inside the pillars)) is only step accessible (as was the original). Very cool and worth the visit.

I’ve been here twice, but never when I could go inside. So this review is just about the experience of exploring the building without going in!
The Parthenon is a full-​scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens and is definitely worth a visit if you’re visiting Nashville! The building is enormous and it’s interesting just to wander around it! (It’s also a great place for pictures!)

Very interesting and educational. It’s was extremely beautiful inside and out. I would highly recommend visiting if you’re in the area

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What an incredible building! WOW! Just looking at the outside is amazing but going inside was the icing on the cake. My daughter did some of her yoga poses on the steps outside and actually enjoyed the inside as well. There was so much interesting history about the Centenial and world faire. We just loved this site. The statue of Athena upstairs was a must-​see! The architecture of the building was just incredible.

Interesting to do once but it wasn’t what I thought it would be. It was mostly a museum about itself and how awesome it was. I just wasn’t that interested in how it was built or why. I wanted to see more Greek Culture. It had less than I expected thought the giant Athena was marvelos.

This is a very interesting place. It is so random to have a life size Parthenon in the middle of a park in Nashville. It is pretty cool to walk around due to its massive size. There is also an art museum inside, which we weren’t aware of. After parking, walk around to the extreme opposite side to enter. For the small size of the art exhibit, I thought the tickets were somewhat pricey. Most of the art is on the main floor. Upstairs, however, there is a massive gold statue of a goddess. This museum was a very random collection of art. The Parthenon is neat to see, but next time I would skip the museum.

Nice park just needs to be cleaned up it’s very beautiful there in the amazing architecture beautiful history for anyone who likes history

This is a pretty neat place and it’s free to walk around the Parthenon but you have to pay to go inside. We went at midnight so the museum was obviously closed, but we walked around the building and took some pictures. A lot of people just come and hang around the building. I don’t blame them because it’s super relaxing.
Free parking, and there was plenty of parking at midnight. If you’re coming just to see the Parthenon, don’t expect it to be an all day thing. It’s like a 20 – 30 minutes tops if you don’t go inside the building. I think it’s worth the stop though!

Great place to visit in Nashville! Definitely worth the couple dollars it costs to get in, even if it’s just for the air conditioning. When I visited there was an art exhibit which didn’t really relate to anything else in the Parthenon. The historical pictures, spoons, and coins were really interesting to look at. The giant statue of Athena is awe inspiring. Good place to take pictures if you have an hour or two to sight see.

The Parthenon was pretty sweet. It is a full-​scale replica of the actual Parthenon in Greece. So it was pretty cool to see the size and gaze at the wonder of the architecture from that time period. However, we didn’t get a chance to go inside. The inside is only open at weird hours (for instance, we were there on a Sunday at like 11am and it wasn’t open. Weird, right?). Maybe not. But from what I heard the inside’s not that spectacular to begin with.
The reason I’m only giving this place 3 stars is because of the life-​span of a tourist’s stay here. It is cool to check out the beautiful architecture, the gorgeous pond, and the expansive park. But it took us about 15 – 20 minutes until we were saying «now what???»
It is definitely an amazing piece of history and architecture, but if you are looking for something fun to do during your short stay in Nashville, I’d recommend trying something else out (i.e.: Printers Row for example)

This is an amazing full scale replica of the original. Built in 1897 for the Centennial Exposition but looking very good today.
I wouldn’t bother with the museum as not much inside and especially for the price. But the outside of the building is fun and historical. And the cool Centennial Park where they have Shakespeare plays and musical events is worth the trip alone.
All I can say is if you’re in town, Go!

My daughter has wanted to visit the Parthenon in Nashville ever since reading the Percy Jackson book series (it’s featured in the first book and movie). While on a road trip we made a pretty major detour to Nashville just for this one site, and we weren’t disappointed at all.
For starters, I was surprised that the building houses a museum downstairs. Admission was pretty inexpensive, but it is required to enter the main floor area that houses the replica of the statue of Athena. Since this is a big deal in the book we had to go in to see it.
We arrived pretty early and when we entered a security guard advised us to head upstairs as that area would fill up with tourists taking pictures quickly, so that’s what we did. We took our time looking around, taking photos, and reading information before heading downstairs to the museum. The downstairs museum houses exhibits of american art, some items from the fair the Parthenon was constructed for, and even a few Percy Jackson items (much to my daughter’s delight). We particularly enjoyed the exhibit they had with hands-​on activities related to american landscape paintings.
The museum gift shop is small but carries most basic souvenirs you may want. Unfortunately a few items were out of stock and sizes of shirts were all large or extra large. We still managed to pick up a few things though.

It took me a minute to figure out why there was so much Greek influence throughout Nashville… especially because I didn’t see many Greeks! I did a little research, and came to discover that Nashville was considered the «Athens of the South». Why? Because at one point it was such a mecca of education and the arts — two very important pillars in Greek tradition and society. Go figure.
So here stands tall an impressive structure called the Parthenon… inside it is an even more impressive statue of the great Athena. It is breath taking and definitely a must see for the sheer appreciation of the talent it took to artfully depict such a beauty.
If you have the cash and a empty display case, there are some awesome mini statues of the great characters in Greek mythology in the gift shop!

Surely, one of the oddest places in the United States, The Parthenon, opened in 1931, is a cast concrete copy of the Greek original with its own 42-​foot high brightly-​painted statue of Athena inside that, honestly, scared the heck of out of me.
I came here because The Parthenon bills itself as an art museum. That’s a stretch. About 60 lesser-​known paintings, some by prominent painters of the 19^th and early 20^th centuries, are on display in a powder blue basement gallery. I’d wager that all the paintings would like to escape the confusion and run off to a real museum but I doubt that the monumental Athena on the floor above would let that happen. She’s got a spear and a shield and would hunt them down.
There is a small space devoted to temporary exhibitions and another space with replicas of the Elgin Marbles. Still, there’s not much to hold you here for more than an hour. Whatever the sincere intentions of the folks who built this full-​size replica in Centennial Park, the Parthenon is essentially a gigantically wonderful bit of kitsch that’s worth the small admission charge to visit at least once. Now, if only I can get Athena out of my dreams.

I didn’t know Nashville is called «The Athens of the South», did you? If you did, you’re certainly more educated than me, and that’s how it got its nickname because of all the colleges that have been built in the city. I guess someone took the parallel very seriously because they decided to build a full-​scale replica of the Parthenon here in Centennial Park (photo:
). It was originally built in 1897 as a temporary exhibit representing Nashville for Tennessee’s Centennial Exposition, which celebrated the 100^th anniversary of its statehood. There was a similar-​sized pyramid that represented Memphis because of its name’s Egyptian origins, but it was demolished after the fair. You get all that history? Good.
Quite an imposing sight in the park, it was originally made of plaster, wood and brick, so it had to be rebuilt in concrete in the 1920’s which is what we see today. The real Parthenon on the Acropolis is made of marble and consequently whiter despite the pollution there, but it is mostly in ruins. The Nashville version really gives you an idea of how it really may have looked in its ancient heyday. Completing the picture is a 42-​foot statue of Athena inside, quite a sight as it’s gilt in eight pounds of gold leaf (photo:
). The original is long-​gone, so it was built from scholarly records and completed as recently as 1990. Looking at it will cost you six bucks which also includes entry into the art museum which highlights 19^th and 20^th-​century American paintings. This a half-​hour stop at best but worth squeezing in the next time you’re in Nashville.

Interesting spot to visit if you are visiting Nashville. I had no idea this place even existed. We got there early on a Friday morning so it wasn’t crowded. The weather was nice so we were able to take some pictures of the outside before going on. Admission price was reasonable enough. You are only allowed to take pictures on the top floor and the museum isn’t very big but it is nice inside.

I was so excited to visit my friend in TN and we both wanted to visit The Parthenon. When you drive up, it’s such an amazing building. It’s an exact replica of the one they built in Greece and I could have probably fooled my family that I was in Greece instead of Nashville.
Entrance is about $ 7 per person and the entrance is actually below the building. So if you are looking for the entrance, it’s below the steps of the building. Once we got in, we were able to see the different types of Nashville history around on the first floor. They also had a room full of different art work that has been donated to the museum. In the same room, there was a group of large pieces of art portraits remembering the Civil War soldiers and that was pretty cool to see.
On the second floor, we saw the statue of Athena. This was absolutely gorgeous! It stood about 42 feet with Madeusa around her neck, a serpent next to her and she was holding a 6 foot statue of Nike (Goddess of Victory). The statue stood on it’s own room and in front of her stands a big door. The room is empty, you only see her and the door. If you go around her, there’s another room with some smaller statues and history behind it.
This is a great place to see if you are in the area. I only wish it had a bit more information about Greek Mythology because I absolutely enjoy the history!

It’s funny because the first two levels of the museum do not allow photos so everyone can only post the same images.
What I found to be intriguing about this place is the history behind it. It was originally built for the Tennessee’s Centennial and International Exposition back in the 1897 celebrating the state’s first 100 years of being incorporated. It was constructed as a temporary structure to last for only 6 months during the exposition but then it was such a popular attraction that the city decided to preserve it which led to eventual decay and reconstructed back in 1920. The city rebuilt by making an exact replica of the original Parthenon. I think it is truly wonderful.
The magnificent structure gives one a sense of the size and grandeur of what the Parthenon once was and at the same time the statue of Athena that’s currently housed within and was commissioned in 1982 stood over 42 feet tall. The statue was based on historian’s knowledge and vision to reconstruct what they believe to resemble the original statue what has been lost ages ago.
It’s truly an enjoyable experience and worth the $ 6 adult admission which helps to preserve the site but also allows me to get a sense of the original Parthenon, the history behind this place and some really wonderful paintings donated by Mr. James M. Cowen on the second floor which consists of Winslow Homer and Benjamin West.