Traveling Exhibitions

The Tennessee State Museum periodically organizes exhibitions which travel to venues across the state. Current traveling exhibitions include:

 

NEW:
Common People in Uncommon Times: The Civil War in Tennessee

A traveling exhibition organized by the State Museum to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the Civil War, focusing on how it impacted the lives of Tennesseans.
 

Click here for prospectus. Contact Myers.Brown@tn.gov for more information.
 

 

Bagels & Barbeque:
The Jewish Experience in Tennessee


This exhibit focuses on Jewish immigration to Tennessee and the influence on the culture the state.


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Hoofbeats in the Heartland:
Civil War Cavalry in Tennessee


A traveling exhibit created by the State Museum to explore the impact of mounted warfare in Tennessee during the Civil War.

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 The 50th Anniversary of the Tennessee Civil Rights
Sit-Ins: We Shall Not Be Moved


The landmark events that helped shape the 1960s Civil Rights Movement are the focus of a traveling exhibition organized by the Tennessee State Museum. A 10- minute film about the Nashville Sit-Ins accompanies the exhibit which contains original news footage taken in Nashville during 1960.

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The River Inside:
Photographs by John Guider

The River Inside tells the story through the camera's eye of John Guider's solo journey down the Harpeth, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio rivers and paddling the mighty Mississippi.

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