The Oscar L. Farris Agricultural Museum Association has been awarded a $19,500 Capital Maintenance and Improvements grant from the State of Tennessee, administered through the Tennessee State Museum.

The grant will fund critical renovations to four of the Tennessee Agricultural Museum’s historic outbuildings, including replacing the worn porch boards and repairing or replacing doors and doorframes while preserving the original historic latches and hinges. These updates will ensure the safety of guests and extend the life of the museum’s valuable historic assets.

“This project allows us to be good stewards of these historic buildings so we can continue using them to tell Tennessee’s agricultural story,” Tennessee Agricultural Museum Director Elaura Guttormson, Ph.D. said. “The improvement

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