Tag Archives: Cookeville Depot Museum

The Cookeville Depot Museum’s steam engine restoration project is complete thanks to a lot of helping hands. Museums Manager Beth Thompson said the finished product looks wonderful. She said Tennessee Tech graduate and locomotive expert Caleb Leach handled a lot of the machine’s cosmetic restoration. She said Machines classes from Tech stopped by to help out and a local ironsmith ... Read More »

The Cookeville Depot Museum has received some $65,000 to restore the museum’s steam engine. Cookeville Museums Manager Beth Thompson said the city is looking for an organization to complete the maintenance by spring. Thompson said the state legislature set aside $5 million for the Tennessee State Museum to disperse to museums across the state. The Friends of the Depot board ... Read More »

The Friends of the Cookeville Depot Museum and museum staff have asked City Council to mark the L&N caboose as surplus and sell it. Friends of the Depot President George Holmes said having two cabooses is redundant, and that they hope they could replace it with something more relevant to Cookeville. “We felt that instead of having two cabooses, perhaps ... Read More »

Storyfest will return to Dogwood Park for its 7th annual event this spring. The event was held virtually last year. On May 1, local and world renowned storytellers will be performing to a socially distanced audience. Cookeville Museums Manager Beth Thompson said they open the stage to amateurs to keep the spirit of storytelling alive and a part of the ... Read More »