‘What Stories Will We Tell’, will bring together the storytellers with the subjects themselves in a panel discussion revolving around the recently opened National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) as well as the Tennessee State Museum. Attendees will have the option to tour NMAAM’s galleries, followed by our engaging panel discussion and light refreshments. The panel will include a museum archivist, collections manager and executive director. We will take the audience through the journey of an artist’s life, to how their story is later interpretated into a museum collection exhibit.