Customs House Museum & Cultural Center

K-12 students with adultsSchool tour admission of $3 per student and $5 per adult for non-member homeschool families.The first Tuesday of each month, local homeschool families are invited to experience a day of self-guided exploration and learning. For more information, contact Curator of Education Stephanie Stafford at stephanie@customshousemuseum.org

Storytime & Craft: Shamrocks & Leprechauns   March 5, 2026 | 10:30 am | All ages, with adult | Free with membership or paid admission   In honor of St. Patrick's Day this month, we’re reading books about shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold. For our craft, we'll make a watercolor rainbow with a pot...

March First Thursday Art Walk March 5 | 5 – 8 pm Free to the public Mark your calendars for the March First Thursday Art Walk! The Customs House Museum offers free admission during the First Thursday Art Walk from 5 – 8 p.m.

The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center will host the Tennessee Premiere of the acclaimed documentary PRESERVED, directed by renowned mountaineer, filmmaker and Clarksville native, Ben Clark, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2026, ahead of the film’s nationwide release. The exclusive event will serve as a fundraiser for the Customs House Museum and...

Sunday Studio: Painting with Randy Spurgeon March 15 | 2 pm  | Ages 16+ Free, with registration required; does not include Customs House Museum admission. In partnership with APSU’s Community School of the Arts, our Sunday Studio class is a creative workshop series for adults. In this introduction to watercolor painting, you will learn to...

Storytime & Craft: When ‘Let’s Laugh,’ Poultry, & ‘Read to Me’ Days Collide   March 19, 2026 | 10:30 am | All ages, with adult | Free with membership or paid admission   In honor of three days colliding, we’re reading books about chickens that will make you laugh. For our craft, we’ll make a...

HISTORY ON THE ROCKS | MARCH 26 | 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. A FREE to the public listen & learn happy hour! Join us downtown at Strawberry Alley Ale Works for our quarterly History on the Rocks, featuring writers and artists from the Spring issue of Second & Commerce magazine. This is a free...

The Customs House Museum Guild invites you to experience an exciting museum event in Clarksville - a unique evening with captivating fine art and florals. Local florists will showcase their interpretations of The Bennett Prize® finalists. Register here.

March 28, 2026 |10 am – 12 pm, 1 pm – 3 pm | Ages 3+, with adult Free with membership or paid admission | Family Art Studio Get creative with us this March as we create flowers using watercolors and pastels. As always, this is perfect for artists of all ages — no experience...

Reelfoot: Tennessee's "Earthquake Lake" with Dr. Jack W. Sites Jr., Maeser Professor of Biology, Brigham Young University (Retired). The 1811-12 series of violent earthquakes leveled the town of New Madrid, Missouri, and temporarily disrupted downstream flow of sections of the Mississippi River, and in the process, the 20,000+ acre Reelfoot Lake was formed. Dr. Sites...