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  • Historic Figures of Tipton-Haynes

    Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum 116 W. Main Street, Joneborough, TN, United States

    Organized by the Tipton-Haynes Historic Site, this traveling exhibit that explores the people and the past of the storied site, and the property's role in broader, regional history. Click here for more information about the Chester Inn, or here for more about Tipton-Haynes. The project is partly supported by Humanities Tennessee.

  • The Role of the Replica

    The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, USA 2901 Parthenon Ave, Tennessee, United States

    Visit the Parthenon's latest exhibition for an interactive, hands-on exploration of how replicas of ancient items and places are created, and why they teach us so much about our understanding of the past. Visit the Centennial Park Conservancy's webpage for more information and a calendar of events. Humanities TN provided partial support for this project.

  • Ruta Sepetys: You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    You: The Story is a powerful how-to book for aspiring writers that encourages you to look inward and excavate your own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling details that are waiting to be put on the page. Masterfully weaving in humorous and heartfelt stories from her own life that illustrate an aspect…

  • Rachel Louise Martin, A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One day, she was sent to a small town in Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachians, where locals wanted to build a museum to commemorate the events of September 1956, when Clinton High School became the first school in the former Confederacy…