The ten students in the “Introduction to Museum Studies” course have visited 11 historic sites and museums in the region including: City Car Garage Museum, Greeneville – Greene County Museum, The Dickson-Williams Mansion, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Jonesborough Heritage Alliance, Bays Mountain, Birthplace of Country Music Museum, William King Museum of Art, Muse Knoxville, […]
The Museum Studies program welcomes our students back to campus. It was a productive summer for Maggie Brown, Samantha Eldridge, Paul Johnson, Alexis Joiner, Aliyah Montgomery, and Toria Strickland who completed internships both nearby and far away. Several of those students and a few recently minted upper classmen including Hannah Arnett, Mamie Hassell, and […]
This coming fall students will begin planning a new exhibit that examines Andrew Johnson’s career before he was elected vice president in 1864. The exhibit will explore the experiences in Johnson’s life that shaped his political views and examine why those views resonated with an increasingly large electorate in Greeneville, East Tennessee, and […]
The President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library at Tusculum College has received an $800 grant from the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board to purchase shelving to improve the storage for its historic collections. The Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board received $27,500 from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to assist Tennessee’s historic record centers […]
The Doak House Museum is offering a history camp option in June for youngsters who want to attend fun, educational activities over the summer but may not be able to commit to a week-long camp. The “Drop-in History Camp” is scheduled for June 8 -12 and will offer participants an opportunity to enjoy fun, educational […]
The Doak House Museum, located on the campus of Tusculum College, will be offering two exciting summer camps for area children, “Art Camp” and “History Camp.” History Camp will be held June 8-12 and Art Camp will be held July 13-17. The camps are designed for children ages 6-12. In History Camp, children will explore […]
The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area has expanded its traveling exhibition, “Free at Last!” to include the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library at Tusculum College. The exhibit expansion comes with the concluding year of the multi-year celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. “Free at Last!” tells the story of the […]
Posted on 05 February 2015 by eestes@tusculum.edu Experience a Victorian Valentine’s Day at the Doak House Museum as it hosts a “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” on Saturday, Feb. 14. The museum on the Tusculum College campus will be decorated for a Victorian Valentine’s Day and will be opening its doors for a “mad hat” tea […]
Posted on 12 November 2014 by eestes@tusculum.edu The Doak House Museum is preparing to celebrate the holidays with a Christmas Open House on Dec. 6 and with its popular children’s program, “Storytelling and Gingerbread” through Dec. 18. An open house will be held at the museum on the Tusculum College campus from 10 a.m. to […]
Five museum studies students will begin internships this summer. Furthest to the north, Toria Strickland will intern at the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, Connecticut. Down south, Alexis Joiner has begun an internship at the Florida Holocaust Museum in Saint Petersburg. Closer to campus, Samantha Eldridge is working at the McKinney Center in Jonesborough and […]