June 2020

Jim Hoobler, who is retiring at the end of June, has been senior curator of art and architecture at the Tennessee State Museum since 1991.For more than 45 years, Hoobler, 69, has preserved, restored, and showcased local and state history…

“Young Girl in a Black Hat with Red Flowers”, by Pierre Renoir, 1890 | Marion Rowe The Getty Museum Challenge has taken the world by storm. During the COVID-19 quarantine, when cultural institutions were (and many…

"Water is the driving force of all nature." - Leonardo DeVinciUnsalted or salted?Ocean, lake, river, stream or swimming pool?When was the last time you picked something up off the beach, jumped in a puddle, or paddled in a quiet pond?…

Visitors to the virtual exhibition will feel as if they are browsing the museum's galleries using a cutting-edge technique that combines a three-dimensional digital model with crisp, colorful images of the artists' work and…