Human enslavement in the American South prior to the Civil War is well-documented as a brutal system of extracted and uncompensated labor. When most of us consider enslavement in Tennessee,…
Each March, the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) hosts a statewide conference where museum professionals can share ideas, network, and explore museums across the state. Humanities Tennessee has offered scholarships…
The Clement Railroad Hotel Museum (CRHM) in Downtown Dickson, Tennessee, tells the stories of Dickson County, with a special emphasis on the life and legacy of Tennessee Governor Frank G.…
The Tennessee Association of Museums held its annual conference March 19-21, 2024, in Murfreesboro. Using giant sticky notes, felt tipped markers, and colored dots, HT’s Shared Futures Lab invited participants…
When you step into a History Day contest, the nervous excitement is palpable. Middle and high school students bustle around exhibit boards. Others pace the hallway waiting for their turn…
In late April 1980, racially-motivated violence changed the lives of five Black women in Chattanooga. A local Ku Klux Klan leader driving two other Klansmen fired through their car’s open…
In 2000, a new permanent exhibit – Archaeology and the Native Peoples of Tennessee – opened at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture on the University of Tennessee,…
On the surface, it seems unlikely that the Memphis Heritage Trail (MHT) – a multisite, multimodal, multimedia walking museum that celebrates African American heritage and culture in the South City,…
