#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. The […]
#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 […]
McClung Museum to Open Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land That I Have Travelled) Exhibition
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will open the new temporary exhibition Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at […]
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. […]
An Update from the MSAB Fundraising Committee: December 2021
As the Treasurer and leader of the Fundraising Committee, my goal for this semester was to increase communication and committee […]