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Conceived in 1961 by the Country Music Association (CMA), the Country Music Hall of Fame's first three inductees, Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams, were announced. Plaques with likenesses and biographies of the inductees were unveiled on the Grand Ole Opry and displayed in the Tennessee State Museum, up until 1967. After chartering a non-profit entity to operate the museum, the Country Music Foundation (CMF), the original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened on Music Row in 1967. The Hall of Fame stayed at this location until the end of 2000. In 2001, the CMF held the grand opening of the $37 million facility where it presently presides. Exhibits which chronicle the evolution of country music through the turns of two centuries, live performances, public programs, distinctive architecture, video clips, and recorded music combine to make the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum one of less than 10% of the museums in the country accredited by the American Association of Museums.