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The Reece Museum sits on the East Tennessee State University campus in Johnson City, dedicated to Appalachian culture through its permanent collection, rotating exhibits, and educational programming. Its annual FL3TCH3R Exhibit — running for twelve years and built around politically and socially engaged art — drew scrutiny from state and federal politicians, prompting the university to add warning signs and require visitors to sign a consent waiver to enter. Two national free-speech organizations called the measures unprecedented.
Quick facts
- ·The B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum at ETSU was formally dedicated on October 10, 1965, and holds approximately 22,000 artifacts documenting Appalachian regional history and contemporary culture (source: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/reece/).
- ·The Reece Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is one of only eighteen museums in Tennessee to hold this accreditation (source: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/reece/about.php and https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/reece/, corroborated by https://aamearts.org/magazine/article/etsu-reece-museum-features-appalachian-dream-mechanics-twenty-years-of-art/20211227175532288 which confirms current AAM-accredited status).
- ·ETSU's Archives of Appalachia — a sibling unit alongside the Reece Museum under the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) — holds a collection (the Burton-Manning Collection) of nearly 400 audio and/or video recordings documenting the folklore and culture of the region, including folk music, religious worship, storytelling, and oral narratives of family and Appalachian history (source: https://libraries.etsu.edu/archivesofappalachia/subjectguides/appalachiancollections).
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