The 42-foot statue of Athena Parthenos that stands inside Nashville's Parthenon is the largest indoor sculpture in the western hemisphere — a near-exact scale reconstruction of the cult statue that stood in the original Athenian Parthenon from 438 BCE until its disappearance a thousand years later. The figure holds a six-foot statue of Nike (Victory) in her right hand and rests her left on a shield decorated with battle scenes.
The visitor route inside the Parthenon brings you up close to the statue from below. The west gallery's small art collection (mostly American Impressionist paintings) is included with the same ticket. Allow forty-five minutes.