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…
This January, HT welcomed seven new board members to its all-volunteer leadership team. With these additions, the HT board now has representatives from every planning and economic development district in…
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,…
Humanities Tennessee (HT) and the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) are pleased to announce our joint scholarship program for the 2024 TAM conference, “If Not Us, Who,” held March 19-21,…
Humanities Tennessee, the Southern Festival of Books, and the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities have partnered for many years to present a themed track of author sessions at…
