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The Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum will get a new roof, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Tennessee State Museum. Museum Manager Ren Sexton said the roof has been susceptible to leaks over the past few years, but the museum did not have the funds to replace it. Sexton said that like all old historical buildings, the problem will only ... Read More »

Improvements to the floor and updated restrooms are on the way to the Clay County Museum, thanks to a $95,000 grant from the Tennessee State Museum. Museum Board President Beverly Hollifield said the museum improvements are much needed. “We are in a depressed area of the Upper Cumberland, so even though we’re 100 percent non-profit, anything we do, we have ... 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 Tennessee State Museum is celebrating 75 years of the United Nations with the help of the Friends of Cordell Hull. The Pickett County Group is lending Hull’s Nobel Peace Prize medal to the museum, as well as the first charter of the United Nations signed by Hull. Friends of Cordell Hull Treasurer Lana Rossi said Hull’s post-civil war, reconstruction ... Read More »