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1-17-23

Artifacts from Inauguration Days Gone By

Poster, “Tennessee, Our State, Our Future, The Bredesen Inauguration 2007 (Tennessee State Museum collection, 2007.13.2) By Richard White Governor Bill Lee’s inauguration to a second term as Tennessee’s governor will take place on January 21, 2023. “Tennessee: Leading the Nation” is the theme for the event, which will include a worship service, ceremony, dinner, and inaugural ball over the course of the day. Inaugurations have long been a time to celebrate th... Read More
Tennessee History

1-11-23

Curator's Corner - Memphis, TN: Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign

Each month, Curator’s Corner welcomes a Tennessee State Museum curator to offer insight and interpretation on Museum artifacts and their connection to Tennessee history. By Tranae Chatman  In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a “separate-but-equal doctrine” in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson. For the next 58 years, this legal doctrine (known as “Jim Crow”) supported segregated public accommodations for Black and white citizens acros... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Tennessee History Tennessee in the 20th Century

12-17-22

The Most Popular Museum Blog Posts of 2022

In addition to exhibitions, museums use a variety of tools to tell stories. Here at the State Museum, that includes a plethora of programming, from lunchtime lectures to tours to classes and family events. We post videos to our Video portal. We publish a quarterly newsletter, a bi-weekly e-newsletter and a weekly children's e-newsletter. We share artifacts on our social media channels, and maintain two blogs, Junior Curators, geared toward a younger school-age audience, and Thousands... Read More
Tennessee History

12-15-22

Museum Explores the Histories and Legacies of Rosenwald Schools in Two Upcoming Exhibitions in 2023

A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America to run February 24 – May 21, 2023 Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee will run from June 16, 2023 – February 25, 2024   In the early 20th century, a historic collaboration led to the building of nearly 5,000 public schools in the Southeastern United States to improve education opportunities for Africa... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Black History Exhibitions

12-6-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Fall 2022

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ruth Goodson Lane Collection, mid-1900s A collection of photographs, newspapers, sheet music, and uniforms related to the service of Ruth Goodson Lane was recently acquired by the Tennessee State Museum. Lane, a Nashville resident, studied nursing at Nashville General Hospital and trained as a World War II Cadet Nurse. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in June 1943 by... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Change and Challenge Civil War Museum Collection Newsletter Southeastern Indian History WWII

11-29-22

Collection Highlights: Orr Family Furniture Group

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Orr Family Furniture Group, 1815 to 1825 The Museum has received a donation of two pieces of furniture with an outstanding Tennessee provenance from the Orr Family of Marshall County. This desk and bookcase, together with a cherry tall case clock, descended through the family of Robert Orr (1764–1855). The desk and bookcase are ornamented with striking inlay ... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Museum Collection Newsletter Tennessee History

11-17-22

Stitching a Story: Learning from African American Quilts

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. By Candice Roland Candeto and Julia Doyle Equally functional and artistic, quilts provide warmth and decoration in the home. A quilt can speak to the environment of its creator—what materials were available to them, what friends or family may have contributed, and elements of their surroundings that are represented in the quilt’s motifs. Three newly acquired quilts at... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Newsletter Quilts Tennessee History

11-8-22

A Hallowed Remembrance: The Tennessee War Memorial Building

As of November 13, 2022, the Tennessee State Museum is temporarily closing the Military Branch Museum in preparation for the upcoming renovation of the Tennessee War Memorial Building. by Ashley Howell After nearly a century, the Tennessee War Memorial is scheduled for a renovation, beginning in 2023, to preserve the historic building for future generations. Through the decades, the building has housed state offices of all branches of state government. Its auditorium has hosted gubernatorial ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Tennessee History World War I

10-12-22

Lessons from Ledgers: Businessman John S. Fielder of Lexington

  By Miranda Fraley-Rhodes Local merchants in towns throughout Tennessee provided important services to their communities.  John S. Fielder operated a store in Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee from the late 1840s until his death in the 1880s. Fielder established this business with the help of his father L.L. Fielder of Gibson County. For many years, he provided his West Tennessee neighbors with products they needed from medicines to farm wagons. Thanks to the generos... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Tennessee History

10-12-22

Exploring the Complexity of Family in 'Memphis'

Note: Tara Stringfellow will read from and discuss Memphis with Kashif Andrew Graham — Outreach Librarian for Religion and Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity Library and a freelance writer — on Saturday, October 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the Nashville Public Library Commons Room as part of the TN Writers | TN Stories: Author Talks at the State Museum series at the Southern Festival of Books. The reading will be preceded by a light coff... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
TN Writers | TN Stories
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