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Why Academic Museums Need Student Advisory Boards: A Case Study of the McClung Student Advisory Board (MSAB)
What is the McClung Student Advisory Board? General Definition Student advisory boards act as liaisons between students and academic museums […]
#PlantOfTheMonth: Little Barley
Corn, beans, and squash, the “Three Sisters” are typically the most common crops that come to mind when referencing indigenous […]
Artifact of the Month: Local Apothecary Medicine Bottle
Late Nineteenth-Century Knoxville, Tennessee by Garrett Wamack – Graduate Research Assistant at the McClung Museum The pictured bottle originates from […]
#SundaySongs: No Depression (In Heaven)
A few years ago, the McClung was able to acquire the print And Now Where by American artist Rockwell Kent. […]
#PlantOfTheMonth: Okra
In honor of Black History Month, February’s plant of the month is an important African Diaspora food: Okra! Characteristics: Okra […]
#ArtifactoftheMonth: Late 19th Century Toys of Knoxville, Tennessee
Sometime in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, children would have been playing in a small residential neighborhood in […]
#SundaySong: Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens
It has been a while since we have had a #SundaySong. Today’s is a sweet love song by the New […]
#PlantOfTheMonth: Roots and Tubers
Our next Plant of the Month focuses on a larger grouping of plants with similar growth forms: potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), […]
#AdoptAnObject Update: “Tillie McClung,” by Lloyd Branson
Back in October of 2020, the museum launched an #AdoptAnObject campaign for conservation of a portrait of Tillie McClung, by […]
#PlantoftheMonth: Holly
December: Holly (Ilex sp.) In December ‘tis the season where many winter plants and trees serve as the center of […]