Neighborhood Story Project Spotlight: Pulaski’s North End
The Neighborhood Story Project (NSP) is a place-based research project that brings together neighbors to gather research, share stories, and have an active voice in the future of their home…
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Tennessee Book Award Winner Announced
Monic Ductan, Rachel Louise Martin and Denton Loving honored with first-ever statewide literary awards Humanities Tennessee announced the winners of the first-ever Tennessee Book Awards. Monic Ductan won in the fiction…
A Library Too Big to Ban
Book bans at public institutions have been on the rise in recent years. Since Fall 2021, PEN America has tracked over 10,000 book bans in public schools across the country.…
Looking Back at the Strategic Foresight Workshops
“I just got a call that the museum’s roof is leaking.” “That’s great! Now you’ve got something to rally donors!” This exchange is not what you would expect to overhear…
Unveiling a New Chapter in Robertson County
In February 2024, the Robertson County History Museum opened a new permanent exhibit titled African Americans Building New Lives After 1865. This exhibit, which Humanities Tennessee partially funded through an…
General Grant Award Recipients Announced
This August, Humanities Tennessee awarded 13 general grants totaling $99,531 to cultural organizations in all three Grand Divisions of Tennessee. Individually and collectively, these projects expand the stories of our…
Dunbar Cave State Park: Exploring Equitable Futures
Dunbar Cave State Park, located on 144 acres in Clarksville, Tennessee, is a state natural area that includes an eight-mile-long cave with spiritual, historical, archeological, natural, and geological significance. Visitors…
Strengthening Tennessee’s Cultural Fabric: Capital Improvement Grants for Museums
In Fiscal Year 2023-2024, the State of Tennessee entrusted the Tennessee State Museum with $5 million to distribute as capital improvement grants to museums across the state. According to Tammi…
Southern Festival of Books Authors Announced
Humanities Tennessee today announced the initial lineup of award-winning, bestselling authors who will headline the 36th Annual Southern Festival of Books, taking place at Bicentennial Mall, the Tennessee State Museum…
Rethinking Historic House Interpretation at Cragfont
Cragfont State Historic Site in Sumner County is a historic house museum managed by Historic Castalian Springs. Between 1798-1802, General James Winchester had this Federal, Georgian style mansion constructed on…