Customs House Museum & Cultural Center

The Museum Store   20% off all wood and metal items  Just in time for Father’s Day, shop an assortment of hand-crafted wood and metal items made right here in Tennessee for 20% off all month long!    Offer expires June 30, 2024. No other discounts apply.     

Sundays at 3:00  Painting Realism: A Demonstration with Master Painter Debra Keirce  June 2 | 3 pm | Turner Auditorium     Click here to register! Free to the public; does not include Museum admission     To Debra Keirce, we are all illusionists. Creating art on a flat surface that is so realistic as to evoke a strong narrative,...

Storytime & Craft: It’s a Party! Celebrate the Museum at 40!  June 6 | 10:30 am | All ages, with adult        Free with membership or paid admission | Family Art Studio  Let’s celebrate the Museum’s 40th anniversary! In the spirit of celebration, we’ll be reading I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems and Bear Can’t...

Click here to reserve your seat! Join us in commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a screening of The Longest Day in the Museum’s auditorium. Then, stick around for First Thursday Art Walk and explore our new D-Day exhibit. The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book...

First Thursday Art Walk June 6, 5 – 8 pm Free to the public The Museum offers free admission during First Thursday Art Walk from 5 – 8 pm. We are commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a screening of the 1962 film The Longest Day at 3pm in the Museum’s auditorium. Then, stick...

Sunday Studio: Painting with Sarah Spillers     June 16 | 2 pm | Third Sunday of each month   Free, with registration required; does not include Museum admission     Teaming up with APSU’s Community School of the Arts, we present Sunday Studio—a workshop series for adults. This month, we’re painting a beautiful June sunflower. Whether you are a beginner...

Storytime & Craft: Pollinator Week June 20 | 10:30 am | All ages, with adult        Free with membership or paid admission | Family Art Studio  Get ready for a buzzing adventure as we crawl into the world of bugs with Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner and The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach. These...

Jammin in June with James Parker        June 22 | 6 – 9 pm       $50 | 21+ Click here to get your tickets! The Museum welcomes James Parker for a night of soulful music, food, drinks and dancing.   Hailing from the musically vibrant city of Austin, Texas, James Parker is a talented singer-songwriter who embodies a...