By Meghan E. Gattignolo New Year’s resolutions sometimes get a bad rap. Maybe it’s because announcing a grand resolution gives people an annoying air of self-importance; maybe it feels pointless, knowing life’s priorities will make achieving anything new impossible; or maybe it’s because you hate it when your local gym gets crowded every first week…
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3 Holiday Customs You Might Not Know
By Meghan E. Gattignolo The holiday season is celebrated with a wide variety of customs and celebrations throughout the world. Some traditions have long-reaching historical roots that have survived through the decades and reveal a little about the people who celebrate them. Here are a few that may be new to you. Day of the Night…
The 1898 Building: 125 Years of Changing Identities
By Meghan E. Gattignolo “This building is unusually flamboyant in style for its size. Its highly pitched roof with large eagles on the four corners, its steep gabled windows, and its elaborate terra-cotta ornamentation combine to give importance to what is a relatively small building. Designed as a post office for the city of Clarksville,…
Aristides and LeQuire: Kindred Artists
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Once again, the extraordinary Juliette Aristides and the irreplaceable Alan LeQuire are gracing the galleries of the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center with the presence of their artistic talents. Aristides paints and draws in the classical realist tradition, and LeQuire is one of Tennessee’s most well-known sculptors. Both have been featured…
Noel Night 2023 Gift Guide
By Meghan E. Gattignolo It’s finally upon us! The holidays are creeping up and Noel Night 2023 is just around the corner! You love Art Walk throughout the rest of the year, but have you experienced December’s Art Walk and Noel Night at the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center? Every year during December’s Downtown Art…
Meet Laura Cagaoan, Visitor Services Manager
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Laura Cagaoan is a lifetime resident of Clarksville, TN. She holds a master’s degree in education and is a hardworking mother of three. Laura is a quick study and is great at learning new skills in order to create new opportunities for herself and those around her. If Laura had to pick…
Homeschool Field Trips at the Museum
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Homeschooled students and their families are taking over the Museum one day a month during the school year! On November 7, the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center hosted a Homeschool Field Trip Day, only the second in a new series of programming offered and hosted by the Museum’s Education Department….
Veterans Day: Remembering a Tennessee WWI Hero
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Today is Veterans Day. Significantly observed on November 11th, Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day – and is still recognized as such in many other countries. Armistice Day was meant to commemorate the events of November 11, 1918, when Germany agreed to stop fighting, and the Great War came to an…
Jacob Lawrence: Painting History
By Meghan E. Gattignolo November is here, and the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center has a new and exciting exhibit ready for Museum guests to enjoy. Jacob Lawrence is an important artist to come out of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in 1917 and a young man during the height of the cultural movement,…
Scary Stories: 4 Reasons Why We Love Them
By Meghan E. Gattignolo One of my favorite things to do in the autumn around Halloween is to immerse myself in spooky stories. Edgar Allan Poe was a favorite author of mine as a young teen. Nothing gives me the exciting chill of dread quite like a Poe story. I know I’m not alone. On television…