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...
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