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The Tennessee Children's Home Society was chartered as a non-profit corporation in 1897. [2] In 1913, the Secretary of State granted the society a second charter. [2] The Society received community support from organizations that supported its mission of "the support, maintenance, care, and welfare of white children under seven years of age admitted to [its] custody."
Beulah George "Georgia" Tann (July 18, 1891 – September 15, 1950) was an American social worker and child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee.
Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998 [58] Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville [59] Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar [60] Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge [61] Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising [62]
Founded in 1974 as the 'Capital Children's Museum'. National Museum of Play: Rochester: New York: Second largest children's museum in the country The New Children's Museum: San Diego: California: Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum: Monroe: Louisiana: Opened on August 15, 1998; planning to move to a different location at Swayze Natatorium at ...
The museum has housed an Arkansas Black Hall of Fame exhibit on the second floor since September 2008. [38] Two former slaves, John E. Bush and Chester W. Keatts, founded the Mosaic Templars of America in 1882. The fraternal organization was established in Little Rock to provide services to African Americans.
The number of children served grew throughout the decade. In late 1982, the name of the Home was changed to Tennessee Children's Home. The institutional approach was replaced with family-oriented group homes for the children, with each house led by married couples in an effort to provide a homelike, non-institutional setting.
Recognized by The Drama League as one of the best regional theater companies in America, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Children's Theatre is the only professional company in Arkansas that produces children's literary works for the stage. [2] The Children's Theater is a very popular attraction featuring plays of classic children's stories.
The Creative Discovery Museum is a children's museum located in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was opened on May 26, 1995. [ 1 ] The museum contains art, music, and field science areas, along with a water-themed zone called RiverPlay, a rooftop exhibit, an inventor's workshop, and a temporary exhibit space.