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September 2015
Boomsday Celebration: A Night at the McClung Museum
Enjoy an evening of farm-to-table food stations, craft cocktails, live music, expert handwriting analysis, silent auction, VIP parking and private Boomsday fireworks viewing at the McClung Museum in the heart of the Tennessee campus. All proceeds benefit the museum’s education outreach programs. Attire is festive.
Find out more »April 2016
McClung Museum Civil War Bus Tour
McClung Museum Civil War curator Joan Markel will lead a bus tour about the Battle of Fort Sanders and point out important Civil War era sites around the neighborhood and Knoxville. Wine and snacks will be provided, and the ticket includes a keepsake wine tumbler. To reserve a seat, contact Stacy Palado at 865-974-2143 or [email protected]. Tickets: $40 for members; $60 non-members, includes a one-year membership to McClung Museum. Meet in the museum lobby by 1:45 p.m. Parking is available at…
Find out more »October 2016
Unexpected Treasures: An Evening with Lark Mason at McClung Museum
Unexpected Treasures: An Evening with Lark Mason at McClung Museum will offer an elegant and educational evening with Mason, an art expert, frequent guest on Antiques Roadshow and University of Tennessee graduate. Mason will present, “Unexpected Treasures and How to Find Them: Why Great Works of Art Turn Up in Odd Locations,” which will be followed by farm-to-table dinner stations throughout the galleries, dessert displays, craft cocktails and music by the Empty Bottle String Band.
Find out more »McClung Museum Civil War Bus Tour
The McClung Museum will host a bus tour, “Forgotten Memorials: Designed for Remembrance, Relegated to Obscurity,” highlighting Knoxville’s neglected Civil War cemeteries and memorials. Dr. Joan Markel, Civil War curator, also will discuss the effect of the Civil War on the local population from 1861-1865. The ticket includes a keepsake McClung Museum 18-ounce beer tumbler, beer from a local brewery, snacks and the two-hour tour. Meet in the museum lobby by 1:45 p.m. Non-member ticket purchase includes one-year museum membership. For questions…
Find out more »April 2017
McClung Museum Civil War Bus Tour
McClung Museum Civil War curator Joan Markel will lead a bus tour about the Battle of Fort Sanders and point out important Civil War era sites around the neighborhood and Knoxville. Wine and snacks will be provided, and the ticket includes a keepsake wine tumbler. To reserve a seat, contact Stacy Palado at 865-974-2143 or [email protected]. Tickets: $40 for members; $60 non-members, includes a one-year membership to McClung Museum and $10 gift card with ticket purchase. For details about membership visit: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/membership.…
Find out more »May 2017
McClung Museum Opening Reception: Fish Forks and Fine Furnishings
McClung Museum will hold a members' only opening reception for "Fish Forks and Fine Furnishings: Consumer Culture in the Gilded Age." Information about the exhibit is available HERE. Become a member by clicking HERE.
Find out more »August 2017
McClung Museum Gilded Age Cocktail Party
The McClung Museum will host a "Gilded Age Cocktail Party" with period-themed cocktails, appetizers and mini-tours of the special exhibition, "Fish Forks and Fine Furnishings: Consumer Culture in the Gilded Age." All proceeds benefit the museum's educational programming.
Find out more »September 2017
Clarence Brown Theatre Opening Celebration
The season opening celebration for the Clarence Brown Theatre will be held prior to the 7:30 p.m. performance of "Peter and the Starcatcher” for members of The CBT Society and guests.
Find out more »August 2018
McClung Museum Members’ Opening Reception
A Members' Opening Reception will be held the new exhibition, "For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights." The nationally touring exhibition from NEH on the Road, uses photographs, television clips, art posters and historic artifacts to trace how images and media disseminated to the American public transformed the modern civil rights movement.
Find out more »May 2019
McClung Museum Author Lecture: Alex Kershaw
The McClung Museum and Union Ave Books will welcome Alex Kershaw, a journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of books on World War II, for a conversation about his new book, "The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II." He will be joined by Vejas Liulevicius of UT's Center for the Study of War and Society. Tickets are available HERE.
Find out more »August 2019
Clarence Brown Theatre Opening Celebration
The season opening celebration for the Clarence Brown Theatre will be held prior to the 7:30 p.m. performance of “Million Dollar Quartet” for members of The CBT Society and invited guests.
Find out more »September 2019
McClung Museum ‘Science In Motion’ Opening for Members
McClung Museum will host an opening event for members only to see the new exhibition, "Science in Motion," and meet Claudio Gómez, the new Jefferson Chapman Endowed Director. Click HERE to become a member. The exhibit, which opens to the public Sept. 20 and runs through Jan. 5, 2020, offers a rich view of the scientific studies done by three groundbreaking photographers, Eadweard Muybridge, Harold Edgerton and Berenice Abbott.
Find out more »October 2019
UT Provost Welcome Reception for McClung Museum Director Claudio Gómez
University of Tennessee Provost David Manderscheid will host a welcome reception honoring Claudio Gómez, the newly appointed Jefferson Chapman Endowed Director of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. The reception is for members of the UT community and friends of the museum. RSVP by Monday, Oct. 14.
Find out more »November 2019
Civil War Bus Tour: History in Brass and Stone
McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will present History in Brass and Stone: Remembering Knoxville’s Military Heritage. Joan Markel, curator of civil war history, will lead the special Veterans Day-themed version of the popular Civil War bus tours. Attendees will observe how the "Volunteer" legacy of military sacrifice is memorialized in obscure locations all around Knoxville. The bus tour will include beer or cider and water compliments of Cherokee Distributing Company (for guests over 21), a keepsake McClung koozie,…
Find out more »August 2023
McClung Museum In Conversation: Will Wilson Opening Reception
McClung Museum will host a reception for the new special exhibition featuring the work of Diné (Navajo) photographer Will Wilson. Showcasing portraits from Wilson’s Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange project, the exhibition is dedicated to capturing a contemporary perspective of Native North America. The event will include an exclusive exhibition preview, guided tours, live music, activities and hors d'oeuvres and refreshments provided by The Real Good Kitchen. Museum members are invited to attend and bring a guest for free. General tickets…
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