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Belmont Mansion Belmont Mansion is the largest house built in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to the Civil War.
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Constructed between 1850 and 1860 by the Acklen family, the mansion is one of the few homes from this period still standing in the city today. Belmont Mansion was constructed in the Italian Villa style between the years 1849 and 1853 as the summer home of Joseph & Adelicia Acklen and their family. It also served as temporary headquarters of the Union army and an all-girls college and seminary. The entire Belmont estate was built, furnished, and landscaped by the Acklens and included extensive gardens, an art gallery, a bowling alley, and a zoo. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971, Belmont Mansion currently operates as a house museum, maintained by the Belmont Mansion Association through admissions, venue rentals, event fundraisers and individual and company donations.

It's fall ya'll! But please don't tell that to the roses blooming in Belmont's rose garden.
10/14/2026

It's fall ya'll! But please don't tell that to the roses blooming in Belmont's rose garden.

Monsters & Mystery at Belmont Mansion is THIS Saturday! Our storytellers are ready ... do you have your tickets? They ar...
10/09/2026

Monsters & Mystery at Belmont Mansion is THIS Saturday!

Our storytellers are ready ... do you have your tickets? They are going fast!

This experiential story-telling event will pull you into classic horror and mystery - Victorian Style. As you move through the Mansion each room transforms into a theatrical space for the stories of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Bell Witch, and Sherlock Holmes.

Enter Nashville's finest Victorian mansion and partake of the horror stories popular in the 19th century. These tales of monsters and mystery have formed the foundation of American horror for generations. It’s a night which will leave you looking over your shoulder and send a tingle down your spine.

W**e and literary horror-themed sweet treats from Literary Flour will be available. Tickets are $69.50.

Tickets, and more event clues, await you on our website.

10/08/2026

Hear Frankenstein's Story ~ Monsters & Mystery at Belmont Mansion ~ THIS Saturday

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!" ~ Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
The Monster may be waiting behind one of the Mansion doors ... are you brave enough to see if it inspires love or fear?

Join us for Monsters & Mystery in the Mansion on Saturday, October 10, at 7 pm for an experiential story-telling event that pulls you into classic horror and mystery - Victorian Style. As you move through the Mansion each room transforms into a theatrical space for the stories of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Bell Witch, and Sherlock Holmes.

Enter Nashville's finest Victorian mansion and partake of the horror stories popular in the 19th century. These tales of monsters and mystery have formed the foundation of American horror for generations. It’s a night which will leave you looking over your shoulder and send a tingle down your spine.

W**e and literary horror-themed sweet treats from Literary Flour will be available. Tickets are $69.50.

Tickets, and more event clues, await you on our website!

10/06/2026

“I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Monsters & Mystery Creeps Even Closer … !

Join us on Saturday, October 10, at 7 pm for an experiential story-telling event that pulls you into classic horror and mystery - Victorian Style. As you move through the Mansion each room transforms into a theatrical space for the stories of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Bell Witch, and Sherlock Holmes.

Enter Nashville's finest Victorian mansion and partake of the horror stories popular in the 19th century. These tales of monsters and mystery have formed the foundation of American horror for generations. It’s a night which will leave you looking over your shoulder and send a tingle down your spine.

Your ticket includes w**e and literary horror-themed sweet treats from .

Tickets, and more event clues, await you on our website!

10/02/2026

Monsters & Mystery at Belmont Mansion on October 10th is creeping closer !
“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!” Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

The Monster may be waiting behind one of the Mansion doors. . . are you brave enough to see if it inspires love or fear?

Join us for Monsters & Mystery in the Mansion on Saturday, October 10, at 7 pm for an experiential story-telling event that pulls you into classic horror and mystery - Victorian Style. As you move through the Mansion each room transforms into a theatrical space for the stories of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Bell Witch, and Sherlock Holmes.

Enter Nashville's finest Victorian mansion and partake of the horror stories popular in the 19th century. These tales of monsters and mystery have formed the foundation of American horror for generations. It’s a night which will leave you looking over your shoulder and send a tingle down your spine.

W**e and literary horror-themed sweet treats from Literary Flour will be available. Tickets are $69.50.

Tickets, and more event clues, await you on our website!

Happy National Coffee Day! 🎉 Check out this vintage coffee can from our collection. We believe this was a custom blend m...
09/29/2026

Happy National Coffee Day! 🎉 Check out this vintage coffee can from our collection. We believe this was a custom blend made by Nashville’s Phillips-Trawick Co. (1907-1991) specifically for Belmont College. ☕ What did it taste like? Who knows.

We can, however, recommend our own custom coffee called Acklen Roast, made for us by Bongo Java. Stop by in person or visit our website (link in comments) to get yours today!

09/26/2026

On October 1 - Come experience these stories of Nashville’s past.

• Private zoos were a 19th century phenomenon. Learn about the one at Belmont.
• By the mid-20th century Meharry Medical College had educated half of the Black doctors in this country. Since 1876, it has lived its’ motto, “Dedicated to the worship of God through service to man.”
• The free African American community thrived on Bass Street near Ft. Negley until the 1960s. Recent archaeology is bringing this story back to life.

Saturday, Oct 10 – Monsters & Mystery at Belmont MansionThis experiential story-telling event draws upon the Victorian f...
09/25/2026

Saturday, Oct 10 – Monsters & Mystery at Belmont Mansion

This experiential story-telling event draws upon the Victorian foundations of classic horror and mystery. As you move through the Mansion each room transforms into a theatrical space for the stories of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Bell Witch, and Sherlock Holmes.

Enter Nashville's finest Victorian mansion and partake of the horror stories popular in the 19th century. These tales of monsters and mystery have formed the foundation of American horror for generations. It’s a night which will leave you looking over your shoulder and send a tingle down your spine.

W**e and literary horror-themed sweet treats will be available. Tickets are $69.50.
https://www.belmontmansion.com/events

One of Nashville’s first free Black communities was located at the base of Fort Negley. The once thriving Bass Street ne...
09/24/2026

One of Nashville’s first free Black communities was located at the base of Fort Negley. The once thriving Bass Street neighborhood of residences and a church shared a community identity there until highway construction in the 1960s removed it.

The objects they left behind reflect a time of transition in the post-emancipation urban South. Recent archaeological work is bringing this community back into view.

On October 1, Clélie Cottle Peacock will share how Middle Tennessee State University’s Bass Street Community Archaeology Project, is combining urban archaeology, education, descendant collaboration, and community engagement to gain insight into daily life on Bass Street and demonstrating how Nashville’s complex past continues to impact our present.

Meharry Medica College educated one half of this country's Black doctors between 1874 and the 1950s.How? Join us October...
09/19/2026

Meharry Medica College educated one half of this country's Black doctors between 1874 and the 1950s.

How? Join us October 1st for "History in Your Backyard" and learn the story.

Sandra Parham, Executive Director of the Meharry Medical College Library and Archives will share the early years of this impactful Nashville college that has made a huge difference in our community since 1874.

Images here are the 1906 Sophomore Dental Class and an early Nursing Class, courtesy of Meharry Medical College Library & Archives.

For tickets & more information, www.belmontmansion.com/events

Address

Belmont Boulevard & Acklen Avenue
Nashville, TN
37212

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 3:30pm
Thursday 10am - 3:30pm
Friday 10am - 3:30am
Saturday 10am - 3:30pm
Sunday 10am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+16154605459

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