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8-8-22

A People's Guide to Social Justice History in Nashville

Note: Learotha Williams, Ph.D. will discuss I’ll Take You There: Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites with Steve Haruch — journalist, writer, editor and producer on This is Nashville on WPLN — on Saturday, August 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the Museum as part of the TN Writers | TN Stories: Author Talks at the State Museum series. The reading will be preceded by a reception beginning at 10:00 a.m.... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Black History Native American History TN Writers | TN Stories

6-29-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Stickball Sticks and Ball by Jimmy Harlan and Michael Crowe, 2021 The Museum recently commissioned Eastern Band of the Cherokee artisan and woodcarver, Jimmy Harlan, to create a pair of stickball sticks for the collection. Michael Crowe, also a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, created the ball. Stickball has long been an important part of the social ... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Civil War Museum Collection Native American History Newsletter Paintings WWI

10-5-21

Following the Seams: The Nancy Reece Story

This story originally appeared in the Summer 2021 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. by Annabeth Hayes and Amanda McCrary Smith In June, the Museum opened a new self-guided tour and online exhibition, Tennessee at 225: Highlights from the Collection, to commemorate Tennessee’s 225 years of statehood. While each of the 100 objects we chose for the tour tells a story, looking closely at one, Nancy Reece’s sampler (TN225 artifact No. 18), illust... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Native American History Native Americans

9-8-21

'Mastodons to Mississippians' Explores Middle Tennessee's Ancient Past

On our Videos page, watch a video of Aaron Deter-Wolf, prehistoric archaeologist with the Tennessee Division of Archaeology, discussing the story of the saber-tooth discovery in downtown Nashville, and what new scientific research reveals about the lives and diets of ice age predators.  by Maria Browning for Chapter16.org The remote past of the place we now call Nashville has been the source of a fair share of fanciful lore, from a hoax about an antediluvian human giant (i... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Native American History Native Americans

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