Events

About this event Historic Travellers Rest presents Historic Trades Day on November 13, 2021 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. This program will feature historic artisans and hands on crafts. Activities and artisans will include: • Nora Glickstein demonstrating lacemaking. • Roy Overcast demonstrating pottery making. • Kelly Hamlin from Wolf Gap demonstrating natural dyes. […]

Join the Tennessee Council for History Education on Tuesday, November 16 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (central) for “Achieving the Dream and the Reality of Partisan Politics: Tennessee Women After Ratification” with Dr. Carole Bucy. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A session. This virtual program will also include a special presentation for […]

Join us wherever you are for a Frist at Home online tour—a closer look at some of the art currently at the museum. Spend thirty minutes in the company of our docents and other art lovers. This conversation will focus on American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918–1939. Presented on Zoom; free; registration required

Presidential Homesteads in the Plantation South Several U.S. presidents–George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson–are closely connected with the plantation houses in which they lived.  These stately homes all included neoclassical elements of various kinds, be they drawn from ancient Greece and Rome or from more contemporary interpretations of the classical tradition in […]

Limited Space - RSVP to FortNegley@nashville.gov Join us to learn about the story of Fort Negley Park. From a tree top oasis outside early 19th century Nashville, to an imposing fortress guarding the Union stronghold, to restoration and neglect, and its recent addition to UNESCO sites of memory we’ll cover it all on a one-mile […]

Age level: All ages Registration is open. Call 615-862-8580 or register by email: beamanpark@nashville.gov. Learn how the pristine Beaman Park on the Western Highland Rim was preserved and grew to its current 2200+ acres. Leader: Nature Center Staff