Through a lifelong awareness to protect and preserve country music’s legacy: Marty Stuart has assembled a collection that spans over 20,000 pieces to tell a rich, emotional and personal story of the lives of our common heritage.” The Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music is explained on its website: “This tribute to the culture and rural ethics of America will be presented in a world-class country music museum and performing arts center. The museum is planning to feature changing displays of artifacts, memorabilia, photography, outsider and folk art, and Native American crafts. Up-and-coming and established artists will be a part of the musical programming aspect. The multi-million dollar project will embrace the roots of country music in its educational curriculum and programming, according to its website.
The recently renovated Ellis Theater in Philadelphia, Mississippi, is the base of an upcoming 50,000-plus square foot campus with a museum, community hall, classrooms, meeting and event space, and rooftop venue called the Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music. The singer’s deep appreciation of country music and preservationist will soon have a physical space in his hometown for generations to come. Throughout the years, Stuart has been a curator of memorabilia and photography within the genre. Some of his most popular songs “Hillbilly Rock,” “Little Things,” “Tempted,” and “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)” were top 10 hits in the '90s. Stuart has released 18 studio records as well as two live albums and several compilations.
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