Behind the Scenes: Part I

Lots of changes have been happening this summer around the Blount Mansion Association. We've hired a new director, a new education coordinator, and a new maintenance worker; moved the exhibit cases to another local historic home museum; cleaned out our storage and collections closets; repaired the fence by Gay Street (see picture); had goats clean out the kudzu behind Craighead-Jackson House... well, we could keep going!

To let you all know what's going on behind-the-scenes here at the Mansion, we're going to periodically blog about what we're working on.

Right now, the biggest change visitors will notice is that our exhibit on William Blount and statehood is (temporarily) gone... and replaced by artwork. The art exhibit (by Pauline Nelson) will be up for the month of August, and while it's up, we're brainstorming new exhibit ideas. Be prepared for pictures of the exhibit-creation process as soon as we get started putting things back on the walls in September!