CHEEKWOOD ANNOUNCES FREE SATURDAY GUIDED TOURS OF GARDENS AND MUSUEM

NASHVILLE, TN – Beginning Saturday, April 4 Cheekwood will offer guided tours of the museum of art and the botanical garden every Saturday. Dig Deeper, guided garden tours, will be offered every Saturday at 11:00 am and Gallery Insider Tours, guided museum tours, will be offered at 1:00 pm. Tours are free and no reservations are required. Tour topics will rotate monthly and will be announced every three months. The following is a schedule through June:

Dig Deeper
Take a tour of Cheekwood’s living exhibitions with our expert garden guides, stopping to “dig deeper” and further explore a different garden each month.
April - Howe Wildflower Garden
May - Wills Perennial Garden
June - Robertson Ellis Color Garden
All garden tours begin at Botanic Hall.

Gallery Insider Tours
Explore our galleries with Cheekwood’s knowledgeable docents to learn about these exhibitions and topics.
April - Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry
May - Fabergé
June - Cheekwood: History & Collections
All tours meet in the Museum foyer.

Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Cheekwood exists to celebrate and preserve its landscape, buildings, and art and botanical collections, and, through these unique means provide an inspiring place for visitors to explore their connections with art, nature and the environment. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville. Open Tuesday – Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.