Country singer Dolly Parton says getting her own exhibition at Nashville’s Country Hall of Fame Museum means “my little girl dreams have come true”.

Dolly Parton attends the opening of Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s new exhibit (Image: Getty Images North America)

Country music icon Dolly Parton has hailed a new museum exhibition about her life and career as “my little girl dreams come true”, writes Mike Parker from Los Angeles. The Jolene singer, 79, who grew up in a one-room cabin in rural Tennessee, appeared close to tears during a private tour of the display at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Dolly Parton and Rebecca Seaver attend the opening of Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s (Image: Getty Images North America)

Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker, features song manuscripts, instruments, awards and flamboyant costumes.

She said: “It’s a long ways from the top of the Smoky Mountains to the top of the world and I’m so grateful because it didn’t come without sacrifice.”

Exhibits include a lemon yellow dress with rhinestones in the shape of a butterfly she wore in the early 1970s.