Dolly Parton left us on August 25. She was 80. It was just fifteen days ago. She died following a brief battle with cancer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer in Nashville, surrounded by her loved ones. Before she did, she filmed herself guiding every future visitor through the Life of Many Colors Museum she built inside her SongTeller Hotel in downtown Nashville. On September 29, those visitors will arrive. She’ll be there to greet them. Guest reservations begin September 14 — that’s five days from today. Museum tickets are on sale now for visits beginning September 29. The grand opening is September 29. She knew you were coming. She got ready.
Here’s the thing about how she found the building. Parton discovered a copy of her own book, Songteller, sitting in the lobby of what had once been an office building in downtown Nashville. She knew immediately. That was the space. That was the name. The SongTeller Hotel.
She built it in partnership with Herschend and gave it 245 unique guest rooms and suites. It was supposed to open in June, but she pushed the date back. “I wanted to join all my Nashville friends downtown, but I didn’t just want it to be another bar,” she said. “So we found a way to bring in my museum on the third floor and make it really special.” There’s Jolene‘s on the top floor and Parton’s Live on the second. A cafe. A partnership with FEMcountry to spotlight women in music. Gold and pink and butterfly accents in every corner. Dolly all the way down.
The Life of Many Colors Museum sits at 126 3rd Avenue North in Nashville and has its own dedicated entrance. It takes up the entire third floor of the hotel — more than 20,000 square feet. Dolly’s own family designed and curated it: her sister Rachel Parton George and her niece, Rebecca Seaver. Inside you’ll find stage costumes, records, guitars, awards, a full-size tour bus, and a Hall of Fame exhibit. There’s a recreation of the small cabin she grew up in, and a gift shop. And then there’s the part that gets you. “Utilizing the latest technology and filmed earlier this year, Dolly herself will guide guests through her life story.” She filmed this before she left us. Her voice. Her face. Her story. In her own words. Walking you through the life she built from a one-room cabin in the Smoky Mountains to everywhere.
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She said it best herself. “This museum is a place where folks can see my journey through my own eyes — every color, every story, and every dream that brought me here. I can’t wait to welcome visitors from around the world to Nashville to share in my life of many colors.” She couldn’t wait. And now she won’t have to. She’s already there.
Her cousin Richie Owens performs September 16 at Parton’s Live. Her niece Jada Star kicks off an artist residency there on September 17. And her Broadway musical DOLLY: A True Original Musical starts previews in December 2026, with opening night on January 19, 2027. What would have been her 81st birthday. She wasn’t just building a hotel. She was building things she knew would outlast her. She knew what she was doing. The family is showing up. The legacy will be just fine.
She’ll Still Be There
Walk through those doors on September 29, and Dolly Parton will be right there to greet you. Not a recording tucked in a corner. Not a photo on a wall. Dolly herself, guiding you through her own story using the footage she filmed earlier this year. She made this for you. She was thinking about the people who would walk through those doors long after she was gone. She wanted to be the one to show them around. She got that chance.
She found the building because her own book was sitting in the lobby waiting for her. She built the museum with her sister and her niece. She filmed the welcome before she left us. She planned everything right down to the cabin she grew up in and the tour bus she traveled in. Then, on August 25, she was gone. But on September 29, those doors open at 126 Third Ave. North in Nashville. Reservations and tickets are available now at the Life of Many Colors Museum website and the SongTeller Hotel website. She knew you were coming. She got ready. She’ll still be in Nashville to greet you.
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