Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
Cheekwood is a 55-acre historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the 30,000-square-foot Georgian-style mansion was opened as a botanical garden and art museum in 1960.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: American nonprofit organization
- Also known as: “Cheekwood” and “Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belle Meade Plantation and Warner Parks.
Belle Meade Plantation
Museum
Photo: Colin1769, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belle Meade Plantation, now officially titled Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery, is a historic farm established in 1807 in Nashville, Tennessee, built, owned, and controlled by five generations of the Harding-Jackson family for nearly a century.
Warner Parks
Park
Photo: Plduthie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edwin Warner Park and Percy Warner Park, collectively known as Warner Parks, are two major public parks in Nashville, Tennessee. They are part of the park system managed by the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation of Nashville and Davidson County.
Hillwood High School
School
James Lawson High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee, and is part of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Athletic teams are known as the Lightning and the school colors are baby blue and yellow. James Lawson opened in 2023. Hillwood High School is situated 2 miles north of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Hills and Green Hills.
Forest Hills
Village
Forest Hills is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee. The population was 5,038 at the 2020 census and 4,866 in a 2018 estimate. Forest Hills is situated 2 miles southeast of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Green Hills
Hamlet
Green Hills is an affluent neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Green Hills is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike. Green Hills is within a region extending south to Forest Hills and Williamson County and east-west to Oak Hill and Belle Meade. Green Hills is situated 3½ miles east of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Bellevue
Suburb
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Bellevue is a neighborhood of Nashville, situated about 13 miles southwest of the downtown area via Interstate 40. It is served by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Bellevue is situated 4 miles southwest of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art.
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
- Categories: botanical garden, art museum, nonprofit organization, estate, and recreation area
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.08875° or 36° 5′ 20″ northLongitude
-86.87571° or 86° 52′ 33″ westElevation
686 feet (209 metres)Open location code
868M34QF+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 486914522OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
4662103Wikidata ID
Q2066407
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art”
- French: “Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art”
- German: “Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art”
- Italian: “Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art”
- Japanese: “チークウッド・ボタニカル・ガーデン・アンド・ミュージアム・オブ・アート”
- Japanese: “チークウッド”
- Japanese: “チークウッド植物園美術館”
- Japanese: “チークウッド美術館・植物園”
- Macedonian: “Ботаничка градина Чиквуд и музеј за уметност”
- Russian: “Чиквуд (ботанический сад)”
- Russian: “Чиквуд”
- Spanish: “Museo y Jardin Botanico de Cheekwood”
- Spanish: “Museo y Jardín Botánico de Cheekwood”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Belle Meade and Vaughns Gap.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cheekwood Mansion and Percy Warner Golf Course.
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