This year, for the first time, the top prize at a biennial exhibit of Tennessee Craft has gone to an artist from the state’s Kurdish community.
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Bust Can Officially Be Removed From Tennessee Capitol, But No One Is Sure When It Will Be
The bust of confederate general and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest could technically be removed from the state capitol Friday, but instead it is caught in a sort of legislative hot potato.
Audit: Water Leaks At Tennessee State Museum Put Artifacts In Jeopardy
Listen The Tennessee State Museum is facing problems that range from water leaks to a lack of internal control over inventory, a new audit by the Tennessee Comptroller’s office has found. According to the agency, some of these issues put the state’s collections at risk.
New Tennessee State Museum To Display Artifacts Never Exhibited Before
Listen If you ask Dan Pomeroy how he feels about the new Tennessee State Museum, you can immediately see how excited he gets. Pomeroy is the chief curator of the museum, a project funded mostly through $120 million appropriated by the state legislature. After two and a half years of construction next to the Nashville […]
Dormant Plans Revived To Build New Tennessee State Museum, Archives
The vacant lots North of Nashville’s Bicentennial Mall could soon house bulldozers and construction crews. Mayor Karl Dean is pushing to erect a baseball stadium just blocks away and things seem to be moving forward for a pair of new state buildings.
A Rare Chance to See the Emancipation Proclamation
The document that freed thousands of Southern slaves 150 years ago is at the Tennessee State Museum this week. The original Emancipation Proclamation is the centerpiece of an exhibit on Civil War history that opened Tuesday.
Chance to See Historic Document Hinges on Lottery
The original Emancipation Proclamation is coming to the Tennessee State Museum for just seven days early next year. The only way for any school to schedule a field trip is to enter a lottery.
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