Belmont University Special Collections procures, preserves, and interprets the objects and papers related to Belmont University history and its holdings. The collection also incorporates a larger Nashville story, including collections relating to the music history of Nashville, which is also a Belmont story. For further details about specific collections, please reference our finding aids.
The Gallery of Iconic Guitars at Belmont is Music City’s premier venue designed to celebrate some of the most rare and iconic guitars and stringed instruments ever known. Explore the gallery and Stephen Kern Shaw’s collection of stringed instruments.
The Lila D. Bunch Library at Belmont University houses Frederick Hart’s Hume, VA art studio. Visiting this re-created studio allows visitors to gain first-person insight into the artistic process of Hart. His tools, clay models, molds, and prototype pieces are all displayed here. For more information please click here.
Donate or give a gift to Special Collections – Do you have something you think would fit in our Special Collections? Please contact us.
Internships – Belmont Special Collections provides internships to Belmont undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from other universities.
Contact us - For inquiries please contact Special Collections Manager Molly Randolph | (615) 460-6848