Photo credit - Robert Sebree

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention is happy to announce the opening of our new exhibit, Tom Petty: Among the Wildflowers, featuring artifacts previously on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Tom Petty: Among the Wildflowers explores the joys, pains, and creative awakenings that Gainesville native Tom Petty experienced while pouring his soul into his magnum opus album, Wildflowers, released in November 1994. Inspired by the 2021 documentary Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free - The Making of Wildflowers produced by Petty’s daughter, Adria, guests can listen to first-hand accounts from Tom, along with the Wildflowers team, about the album’s creation.  

The exhibit is divided into three segments of artifacts that correspond to a unique aspect of the Wildflowers creative process: songwriting, recording, and reception and delivery. The exhibit is made possible with generous contributions from the Tom Petty Estate and individual bandmembers involved in the Wildflowers recording process including Mike Campbell, Stephen Ferrone, and Howie Epstein. Visitors can discover the many artifacts that tell the album’s story, such as the original guitar and outfit featured in Tom Petty’s 1995 Rolling Stone Magazine cover.  

 "The Petty Legacy is committed to investing in the new artists, creators, and inventors that will come out of Gainesville. The Cade Museum is a beacon for this. Our dad was such an unassuming and wonderful man like the late Dr. Cade I know he would be humbled by this honor. The legacy of the Cade Museum uplifts and facilitates this spirit of invention and discovery. We could not be more thrilled that this important exhibition will travel from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to our dad’s hometown in Central Florida. We hope it inspires people to dig deep, dream and express themselves. We are forever grateful to Phoebe Miles for making this exhibition possible."

Adria Petty, Tom Petty’s daughter, Executive Producer of the 2021 documentary, and manager of the Tom Petty Estate, about the new exhibit.

Tom Petty: Among the Wildflowers will be on display in the museum from July 21, 2023, until January 1, 2024, during regular museum hours: Thursday to Sunday from 10am-4pm. Learn more about the Cade Museum and purchase tickets for the exhibit here. 

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