Select Past History Exhibitions
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Suffrage in Southern Appalachia
In Fall of 2020, The Reece Museum in cooperation with community partners presented
Suffrage in Southern Appalachia, the story women and the social movements they created in the time leading up to
the passage and ratification of the nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920. In celebration
of the centennial anniversary, the exhibition featured Edwardian clothing, artifacts
from the Reece Museum permanent collection and the Museum at Mountain Home, and historical
photos and documents from the Archives of Appalachia and the Tennessee State Museum.
Also included was art by muralist Ellen Elmes illustrating a Suffrage parade held
in downtown Johnson City, TN.
Related News:
ETSU's Reece, Slocumb receive Tennessee Association of Museums awards
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The Devault Tavern
The DeVault Tavern was an exhibition exploring the Devault Tavern, a U.S. National Register of Historic
Places listing, that is located approximately five miles west of Jonesborough in the
community of Leesburg. Built the two-story brick tavern in 1819-1821, the house originally
served as a way station and inn along the region’s primary stagecoach route, until
the new railroad bypassed Leesburg in 1857 in favor of Jonesborough. Even after the
house was a “tavern” in name only, it continued to anchor a working farm of 200 acres
until the early 1960s. Brooklyn-based artist Paul Kennedy, who grew up in Jonesborough,
began photographing and researching the DeVault Tavern in December 2009, just after
its sale, and has continued to make photographs as the new owners began a gradual
restoration. For the exhibition that opened in Spring of 2014, Kennedy was both artist
and guest curator, designing an installation and writing interpretive labels that
evoked the detective-like process of archival research and investigation.-
The Tri-City Beverage Story: A History of Dr. Enuf and Mountain Dew
The Tri-City Beverage Story: A History of Dr. Enuf and Mountain Dew in Johnson City featured artifacts from local collectors and the Reece’s Permanent
Collection, the exhibition explored the history of Tri-City Beverage and two of its
most famous soft drinks, Dr. Enuf and Mountain Dew, including bottles, television
and radio ads, and collectibles from the beginning of Tri-City Beverage to the present.
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