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Read the Spring Edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter

The latest edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter, with a cover story by curator Rob DeHart on the exhibition, The State of Sound: Tennessee’s Musical Heritage, is available online now as a PDF download. Also included in the issue is more information on permanent exhibitions and current temporary shows, education news, new acquisitions, a letter from our executive director, a calendar of events and more. Download now. Read More
at 5-30-19

Ed Westcott: A Photo Assignment of (and for) a Lifetime

by Nick Fielder Imagine, if you will, that you are a 20-year-old photographer working for the Nashville office of the Corps of Engineers in 1942. You are told to report to East Tennessee to photograph a new construction project near Knoxville called the Clinton Engineer Works. Upon arrival you are given a badge and told you can go anywhere on the site but cannot tell anyone what you see, hear or photograph. This is what happened to Ed Westcott as he documented the secret Manhattan ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 5-6-19
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