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#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 […]
Genetic and morphological characterization of the freshwater mussel clubshell species complex (Pleurobema clava and Pleurobema oviforme) to inform conservation planning
Cheryl L. Morrison, Nathan A. Johnson, Jess W. Jones, Michael S. Eackles, Aaron W. Aunins, Daniel B. Fitzgerald, Eric M. […]