Humanities Tennessee (HT) and the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) are pleased to announce our joint scholarship program for the 2026 TAM conference, “Solidarity,” March 11-13, 2026, in Union City, TN.
DEADLINE: January 16, 2026
In its 26th year, this initiative stems from our organizations’ commitment to support the work of our museums, to welcome a wide range of narratives and perspectives to our collective understanding of Tennessee’s past, and to deepen our present stewardship on behalf of our future counterparts.
The conference provides pragmatic takeaways, imaginative solutions, and insightful ideas–all while you connect to others in the museum field across the state. The complete program will soon be available at the TAM website.
Scholarships are available for up to two people from each organization. Each HT scholarship provides:
- a travel stipend up to $250 per recipient for organizations outside Obion County,
- all meals provided by the conference,
- conference registration fees,
- and a one-year organizational membership in TAM.
Scholarship recipients will be responsible for their own travel, lodging, incidentals, and pre/post-conference events, if applicable.
The scholarships are available to volunteers without museum related backgrounds who work with a nonprofit museum or organization that is starting a museum. Organizations with paid, professionally trained staff are not eligible. Preference will be given, but not limited, to applicants whose organizations are new to TAM.
For questions about HT scholarships or to receive a link to the application form, please contact Melissa Davis at Humanities Tennessee: melissa@humtn.org. DEADLINE: January 16, 2026
For questions about the conference and/or the TAM Young Professional scholarship, please contact Debbie Shaw at TAM directly: tnmuseums@gmail.com.
Since 2003, 337 individuals from 123 organizations across the state have attended the TAM conference with this scholarship. Once introduced to the museum community by this program, many organizations remain TAM members and continue to attend each year without a scholarship. You can read more about the impact of TAM scholarships here.