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Through the partnership between ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø and the National Museum of African American Music Vanderbilt undergraduate and graduate students have free admission to the museum’s galleries and exhibitions. Valid student IDs are required. Avoid parking and ride share costs, consider riding to the museum for free with WeGo Transit.

Included in the partnership with the museum is a collaboration with the university’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries to support an expanded collection of books, scores, sound recordings, and material objects related to African American music. This collection will be available for loan, display, and study at the museum and will also serve as an important resource for scholarly research on Vanderbilt’s campus. Faculty are invited to submit collection acquisition requests which will require collaboration with a university librarian and a museum representative. Contact Claire Campbell the Office of the Provost for more information. Collections already acquired through the NMAAM partnership include those of musicians and .

Learn more about the Academic Archive Purchasing Fund application process or contact Claire Campbell.

Vanderbilt’s long-term partnership with the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) aims to enrich educational and research opportunities around African American music and culture and their intersection with other arts (literary, performance, and visual cultures), history, law, and social movements. The partnership includes collaborative programming between Vanderbilt and the museum that will necessarily enhance processes of discovery and innovation in the arts.

All full-time, VU-employed staff and Provost-reporting faculty and staff are eligible to partner with the museum on innovative projects. To foster interdisciplinary and cross-college/school synergies, proposals must include at least two faculty or staff members from different colleges/schools (Arts & Science, Blair, Divinity, Law) and a museum representative. Faculty from different colleges/schools may also seek out collaboration with the Curb Center or other departments on campus. All proposals are required to have museum support before applying. Successful proposals include a well-defined strategy for student and community engagement, a clear purpose related to discovery and innovation in the arts, and a feasible budget. Applications are open on a rolling basis, but funds must be spent in the fiscal year in the same year as awarded.

For questions about the Arts, Discovery, and Innovation Fund, please contact Claire Campbell, in the Office of the Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø may request to use meeting or event space at the museum free of charge twice per year. Contact Kathleen Fuchs Hritz in the Division of Government and Community Relations to learn more. To connect with the museum in other ways contact the Division of Government and Community Relations or the Office of the Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries to be pointed in the right direction.