Taylor Swift museum add + guitar auction
The Country Music Hall of Fame updated its Taylor Swift Education Center with artifacts from her newer 'Life of a Showgirl' era, adding physical items to the museum’s permanent display. Separately, a signed guitar from a very young Swift was found in a radio station closet and is being auctioned to benefit Cook Children’s ( ).
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has refreshed its Taylor Swift Education Center with artifacts from *The Life of a Showgirl*, while a separate early-career signed guitar has turned up in Texas and gone to auction. (countrymusichalloffame.org, wfaa.com) The museum said April 10 that the new display in Nashville includes objects tied to Swift’s October 2025 album, and that the items are on view with general admission through spring 2027. (countrymusichalloffame.org, visitmusiccity.com) Among the added pieces are the crystal-and-rhinestone dress, mint green faux-fur coat and rhinestone heels Swift wore in “The Fate of Ophelia” video, along with a showgirl headpiece and other album-era artifacts. (countrymusichalloffame.org, tennessean.com) The Education Center is a permanent part of the museum, not a one-off pop-up, and the museum says the two-story, 7,500-square-foot space opened in 2013 after Swift donated to its capital campaign. (iheart.com, countrymusichalloffame.org) The museum also tied the update to Swift’s current chart run, saying *The Life of a Showgirl* became her 15th No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the most for any solo artist. (countrymusichalloffame.org) In North Texas, staff at New Country 96.3 said a closet cleanout uncovered an acoustic guitar signed by Swift and other country artists during a 2008 station visit. (wfaa.com, cbsnews.com) The station put the instrument into an online auction for Cook Children’s, opened bidding at $96, and said the sale runs until 9 a.m. Central on Friday, April 17. (newcountry963.com, mediajobsreport.com) By Tuesday, the auction page listed the next minimum bid at $5,010 for the guitar, which the station has branded “The Lost Taylor Swift Guitar.” (my.onecause.com, newcountry963.com) Taken together, the two updates put Swift at opposite ends of the same timeline: current-era costumes behind museum glass in Nashville, and a teenage autograph resurfacing from a radio closet in Dallas-Fort Worth. (countrymusichalloffame.org, wfaa.com)
