Fort Negley Visitors Center

Located at the Union troop fortification Fort Negley, the Fort Negley Visitors Center was opened to the public on December 15, 2007. The center's mission statement includes the promotion and a better understanding of the socio, political, and military forces central to Nashville's history. The center offers programming and interactive displays to illustrate multiple narratives involving the Fort. The Visitors Center also partners with various historical and preservation groups to host programming that gears toward their core values. Fort Negley was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Fort Negley was listed as a Site of Memory in the Slave Route Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2019.