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  2. Museum of Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    An anvil is blown sky-high during an "anvil shoot" at the museum's July 4 celebration. For 38 years, the museum hosted an event called "Tennessee Fall Homecoming." Considered one of the nation's largest, most authentic music and folk festivals, Homecoming featured dozens of acclaimed musicians performing all-day on four outdoor stages, as well ...

  3. List of museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  4. Anvil firing - Wikipedia

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    An anvil being fired. Anvil firing (also known as anvil launching or anvil shooting [1]) is the practice of firing an anvil into the air with gunpowder. It is a traditional event held in New Westminster to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday. [2] In the United Kingdom, the term refers to a method of testing anvils.

  5. Museum of Appalachia honors 'Roots' author Alex Haley: 'He ...

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    Museum of Appalachia President Lindsey Meyer Gallaher, the late founder John Rice Irwin's granddaughter, speaks during a celebration of the life of Alex Haley for the Heroes of Southern Appalachia ...

  6. List of museums in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Kentucky is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  7. ‘We could lose history.’ Appalachian archives soaked in ...

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    A good bit of Appalachian history and arts got soaked in the record flooding in Eastern Kentucky. In Whitesburg, water may have breached the vault at Appalshop, where the arts and media collective ...

  8. List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties - Wikipedia

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    The following list contains the 420 counties and eight independent cities that comprise the region of Appalachia as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The ARC was established by the United States federal government in 1965 to alleviate poverty in the Appalachian region, and currently monitors areas in 13 states.

  9. Category : Institutions accredited by the American Alliance ...

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    Museums portal; United States portal; Museums accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.. AAM Accreditation is the museum field's primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation, and public accountability, and earns national recognition for a museum for its commitment to excellence in all that it does: governance, collections stewardship, public programs, financial stability, high ...