Visitors will be able to tour the farm house and grounds. In the house, visitors will be able to view handmade quilts created by Matt's wife Henrietta.
Outside, visitors will see many elements of an early twentieth-century farmstead, including a cow barn, a chicken coop, a smokehouse, well house, and outhouse along with a garden. Visitors will also see intricate parts and details of how Matt Gardner ran his farmstead and how it has survived for over a century.
The Matt Gardner Homestead Museum is a great place for:
- School children to learn about United States history, Tennessee history, and African American history.
- 4-H groups to learn through visual interpretations about agricultural practices and the operation of an early 1900s farm.
- Local and regional church groups to examine the origins of Primitive and Southern Baptist faiths, practices, and principles.
- Teachers, scholars, historians, and researchers to connect local history and culture to the story of the American nation.
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Grand Opening planned for September 2009
April 17, 2009 On the farmstead, presentation ceremony for the unveiling of the MGHM quilt block for the Southern Middle Tennessee Quilt Trail. The MHGM quilt block will be the first of many barns, houses and other historic buildings that will become sightseeing venues to introduce the public to the many virtues in southern middle Tennessee and to encourage tourism
growth and community pride.
October 24, 2009 First annual Folk Life Festival on the farmstead. What is Folk Life, you ask? America's historical patterns and traditions of work. Crafts created by hand carried down though the years and generations, such as candle making, pottery, brick making, knitting, crocheting and many others the were sold, traded and bartered in the past. The festival will feature period demonstrations, history, material and information on the crafts as well as some hands-on activities. There will also be inexpensive
vendor sales of the crafts.
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Restoration work continues...Learn More
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Jan/Feb/Mar 2009 Newsletter
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