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Special Collections
Paul Meek Library
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7094
Director: Richard Saunders
speccoll@utm.edu

 
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  Choosing Exhibits
Information
Current Exhibitions: 

A new Exhibit coming soon!

Past Exhibitions:

What’s Cookin’? Two Centuries of American Foodways
Sept. 15th – Oct. 16th 2009

A Traveling Exhibit from the Rogers Historical Museum For additional information go to: http://www.rogersarkansas.com/museum/WhatsCooking.asp

Pieces: Quilts by Francis Williams
May - August 2009

Over her long life, Martin resident Frances Williams was an active quilter. This exhibit of ten quilts represents her design skills with both piecing (assembling a quilt top) and quilting (stitching a top to a batt and backing), as well as with embroidery and design. Some quilts are very traditional while others are modern or adaptations of old patterns.

Dr. Seuss Wants You!
January - March 2008

Political cartoons have played a role in United States politics and public affairs since the 1700s. Before he was a children's-book author and illustrator, Theodore Seuss Giesel drew political cartoons for PM newspaper during World War II, expressing a liberal view on Nazi repression and American isolationism in an uncensored medium. "Dr. Seuss Wants You!" collects a number of his best-known single-panel political cartoons and presents them with explanatory text and other contemporary information.

Here Comes the Bride: Weddings in America
Jan 15 - Apr 4 2008

A Traveling Exhibit from the Rogers Historical Museumfor additional information: http://www.rogersarkansas.com/museum/HereComes.asp

Pairings - Photographs by Robert Nunley
November 2007 - January 12, 2008

Interview with Robert Nunley (audio)

Bird Diversity Endangered
September - Oct 19 2007

A dazzling diversity of plants and animals inhabit the earth creating a rich natural world without which our lives would be impossible.  Human activities threaten this living diversity.  This poster exhibition examines the issues surrounding the problem and illustrates some of the ways each of us can make a difference.

Songs of the Patriot
When American Music Went to War
January - March 2007

Rosie The Riveter
Defend Your Country


Songs of the Patriot takes viewers back in time to the American wartime fronts at home and abroad during World War II through the cover art and lyrics of popular sheet music from 1940 to 1945. The exhibit explores how music publishers, songwriters and cover artists expressed a range of American wartime feelings from anti-war statements to rallying support for troops overseas. It also explores the booming sheet music industry, printing and chromolithography, and the significance of piano playing as a form of home entertainment.

 
Upcoming Exhibitions:

To be announced at a future date.

 

Choosing Exhibits

Exhibits must meet each of five selection criteria:

 

Schedule  An exhibit must be touring and have a slot that matches an opening on the museum exhibit calendar. Enough lead time to allow time for approvals, contract negotiations, and programming development has to be available. We try to book two exhibits per regular school term and one in the summer, based on exiting bookings and availability dates. Exhibits are typically booked between a year and two years in advance.

 

Space  We can book an exhibit only if the curatorial data shows that it fits within the gallery space we have available (approximately 400 square feet, or 111 running feet of exhibit space).  Permission to show only part of an exhibit must be granted by an exhibitor in the contract by an exhibitor. It happens only very rarely and in exceptionally compelling circumstances.  The security requirement (number and type of cases, site supervision, electronic security) must be at a level the museum can meet without incurring additional costs. 

 

Cost  Flat exhibit fees and variable shipping charges must be within the limited budget on which the Museum operates and leave funds for other exhibit commitments; there are lots of great shows out there that we simply cannot afford.

 

Shipping  Exhibit venues are obligated to care for shipping containers as well as exhibit materials. We must consider exhibits based partly on the requirements for storing the size and number of cases in our limited space.

 

Germane  We look for exhibits that are interesting, challenging, or downright entertaining. It may be very broadly interpreted, but some element of the exhibit must be relevant to UTM students and the community at large.

 

 

Information:

J. Houston Gordon Museum
Paul Meek Library
10 Wayne Fisher Dr.
Martin, Tenn. 38238

The gallery is adjacent to the Corbitt Special Collections reading area, to the left of the library circulation desk.

 

Museum Hours:
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and by special arrangement

 

Weekdays between 8am and 3pm off-campus visitors’ vehicles require a parking permit, available at no cost from the Circulation Desk staff. Parking is available adjacent to the library after 3pm daily without a permit.

The Museum is handicap accessible.
email link: speccoll@utm.edu
phone number: 731-881-7464