We want you to enjoy your convention, but we also want you to get out and play while you can. So make sure you come early and stay late so that you can experience Nashville. The following are just a few of the over 40 fabulous attractions that call Nashville home.

Many enticing and "Uniquely Nashville" stops await you in Music City .................

Every Friday and Saturday Night - With over 80 years under its belt, the Grand Ole Opry, the world's longest running live radio program, shows no signs of slowing. www.opry.com

Adventure Science Center - It’s an amazing, original, scientific adventure! Make your way Down the Hatch to The Heart of It All, Body Battles, BrainStorm Theater and other interactive exhibits in BodyQuest, as you learn how your body works. Plus experience the Adventure Tower, Sudekum Planetarium, BlueMax and more! www.adventuresci.com

Belle Meade Plantation- Once a world-renowned 5400-acre Thoroughbred horse farm, the plantation showcases the 1853 Greek Revival Mansion filled with original furnishings and the 1890’s Stables and Carriage House holding a large antique carriage collection. www.bellemeadeplantation.com

Cheekwood features the award-winning Museum of Art housed in the original Cheek mansion. The surrounding 55 acres include an interactive learning center, ten botanical gardens and the Woodland Sculpture Trail with works by internationally known sculptors. Closed on Mondays. www.cheekwood.org

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Music prevails in Music City! Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Musuem and hear from some of today and yesterday's most notable country music singers, see changing exhibits of clothing, lyrics and instruments and be sure to not miss the wall of Gold Records! During your tour choose from over 100 top hits and burn your own CD. www.countrymusichalloffame.com

At the Frist Center for the Visual Arts imagination is all that you need for the Visual Arts Art Quest. Hands-on and computer-related activities at approximately 30 Art Stations relate art concepts to Frist Center exhibitions and examine ways in which art relates to everyday life and culture. Admission for people under 18 is free. www.fristcenter.org

Get out on the river aboard the General Jackson Showboat! This four-deck paddlewheeler brings back the days of riverboat entertainment and offers mid-day and evening entertainment cruises. Ride the river while strolling musicians and live musical productions entertain you. Take a dinner or lunch cruise as this 4-deck paddlewheeler cruises the Cumberland River. www.gaylordhotels.com

Hatch Show Print - One of the oldest-known letterpress poster shops in America, Hatch has been in business since 1879 and continues to use the same techniques employed in the 19th century. Now owned and operated by the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, Hatch has been a leading poster printer for vaudeville, circuses and sporting events but is probably best known for posters of Grand Ole Opry stars. www.countrymusichalloffame.com

The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson - Celebrating the bicentennial of the land acquisition, President Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage, has many programs and exhibits throughout the year as part of the commemoration. As one of the few presidential homes with more than 85% original artifacts, The Hermitage is a faithful re-creation of how the home looked when the president resided there. www.thehermitage.com

Historic RCA Studio B - Tour Historic RCA Studio B, one of the world’s most historic recording studios. Home of more than 1,000 top ten hits - including songs by Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and more. Be a star for a day and record a CD with a professional sound engineer, where artists such as Elvis did. Come experience the magic at Studio B! www.countrymusichalloffame.com

Start your visit on Lower Broad, a.k.a. "Honky Tonk Highway." Between Fourth and Fifth Avenues on Broadway, you will find wild, packed clubs that never have a cover charge. That's right - free! And you will hear all kinds of country from Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash to Shania Twain and Faith Hill. You can spend an entire evening here just hopping from one bar to the next.

Jack Daniel’s Distillery is the oldest registered distillery in the United States and among the most prestigious listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors receive personally guided tours of the distillery and observe the famous whiskey-making process. Start your tour at the new visitor center. www.jackdaniels.com

Lane Motor Museum features a collection of rare and unique vehicles typically not seen in the U.S. You will discover approximately 150 cars and motorcycles built from 1922 to 2003. Vehicles on display include Czechoslovakian vehicles, microcars, amphibious vehicles, competition cars, alternative fuel vehicles, military vehicles, motorcycles, prototypes and one-of-a-kind vehicles. www.lanemotormuseum.org

Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum -The hall of fame recognizes musicians of all genres. Among the museum’s artifacts are numerous instruments played on legendary sessions. The stage from the Jolly Roger club in Nashville’s Printers Alley, where Jimi Hendrix frequently performed, will be recreated inside the museum. The space also contains a gift shop, a mini-theatre for film screenings, a 5,000-square-foot performance hall, a functioning recording studio and a school of music. www.musicianshalloffame.com

Nashville Zoo - Kangaroos, elephants, cheetahs and zebras are just a few of the animals that you will find residing at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Along with animals galore, the zoo also is home to the country's largest community-built playground with more than 66,000 square feet of fun! www.nashvillezoo.org

Opry Mills is where "shoppertainment" comes to life. Visit the more than 200 stores, themed restaurants, entertainment venues and interactive retailers. This is the ultimate shopping adventure! At this mega mall, choose from several different activities. At the NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway drive a virtual reality racecar and feel the exhilaration as you strap yourself in for the ride of your life. Across the way, Dave & Busters provides black-light bowling and endless virtual reality games. Take in a film at IMAX theater. www.oprymills.com

The Parthenon in Nashville is the only full-scale replica in the world of ancient Greece's Parthenon. Nashville is known not only as Music City, but also as the Athens of the South in part due to this replica. The Parthenon houses Athena Parthenos, the largest indoor sculpture in the western world. www.parthenon.org

Ryman Auditorium- Over 100 years old, the Ryman Auditorium, boasts acoustics second only to the Mormon Tabernacle. It was recently named the Theatre of the Year two years in a row by Pollstar. Built originally as a church, the historically cool Ryman now plays host to many artists including Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Lenny Kravitz, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Dolly Parton and Nickel Creek (just to name a few). New this year is a rare backstage tour of the Ryman. For an additional fee, you can tour the green room and the artists’ dressing rooms, as well as get an artist’s point of view from the back of the stage while even recording your own CD! www.ryman.com

A Tribute to the KING: Through the Years 1953 -1977 is now in its seventh season! The legend lives on in Nashville paying tribute to the KING in Music City where he recorded over 300 songs! This high-energy live musical biography transports the audience through six eras of his career. With over 30 songs and five costume changes, this show has thrilled audiences of all ages www.thenashvilleking.com

Wildhorse Saloon - At the Wildhorse, they serve up Country that Kicks! Order their famous BBQ and try line dancing. Daily lessons are free for those adventurous enough to venture out on the dance floor. www.wildhorsesaloon.com