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State Museum moves collection to new East Nashville storage, awards capital grants and prepares for America250 duties
Summary
The Tennessee State Museum told the Senate finance committee it will begin moving its collection into a new state collection storage facility in East Nashville in April, continues to administer capital grants to small museums across the state, and will manage the state’s America250 coordinating commission beginning July 1, 2025.
The Tennessee State Museum told the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 18 that it will begin moving its collection into a new state collection storage facility in East Nashville in April and that the agency is administering capital grants to smaller museums statewide and preparing to host the state’s America250 commission activities.
Executive Director Ashley Howell said the new collection storage building — located on state property in East Nashville near state laboratory facilities — is essentially complete and that the museum will begin moving artifacts in April. Howell described the new storage as climate‑controlled,…
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