Traveling Exhibitions
The Tennessee State Museum periodically organizes exhibitions which travel to venues across the state. Current traveling exhibitions include:
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Becoming the Volunteer State: Tennessee in
the War of 1812
The Tennessee State Museum has commemorated the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 with a new traveling exhibition which takes a closer look at Tennessee's role in the often-forgotten war and how it helped shape our state. The traveling exhibit is funded in part by a grant from Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Contact Myers.Brown@tn.gov for more information.
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Common People in Uncommon Times: The Civil War in Tennessee
A traveling exhibition organized by the State Museum to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the Civil War, focusing on how it impacted the lives of Tennesseans. Click here for prospectus.
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Contact Myers.Brown@tn.gov for more information.
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Hoofbeats in the Heartland:
Civil War Cavalry in Tennessee
A traveling exhibit created by the State Museum to explore the impact of mounted warfare in Tennessee during the Civil War.
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Contact Myers.Brown@tn.gov for more information.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Tennessee Civil Rights
Sit-Ins: We Shall Not Be Moved
The landmark events that helped shape the 1960s Civil Rights Movement are the focus of a traveling exhibition organized by the Tennessee State Museum. A 10- minute film about the Nashville Sit-Ins accompanies the exhibit which contains original news footage taken in Nashville during 1960.
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