Tennessee State Museum, History museum in downtown Nashville, United States.
The Tennessee State Museum is a downtown Nashville building with three floors of exhibition galleries. It holds objects and collections showing how people have lived in this region from prehistoric times to the present.
The collection started in 1937 with Civil War objects and items from early inhabitants, built on materials the Tennessee Historical Society had gathered since 1817. This long collecting tradition shaped how the region's past is understood today.
The Tennessee Time Tunnel guides visitors through different periods from prehistoric times to today, combining objects with multimedia that show how people lived here. The galleries help you understand how the region developed and changed over centuries.
The museum is located on Rosa L Parks Boulevard with free admission, making it accessible to everyone. It is open six days a week with extended evening hours on Thursdays for visitors who prefer later arrival times.
The First Peoples gallery displays a prehistoric mastodon skeleton found in the region, accompanied by tools and weapons from early inhabitants. This animal remains remind visitors of the large creatures that roamed here long before people arrived.
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