Cookeville History Museum — Attraction in Cookeville

My two friends and I attended the museum as a part of our US History class. When we walked in, the lady working walked us around and showed us all the museum had. When the tour turned the worst was when the lady defended the KKK. She pretty much said "I know the KKK gets a bad reputation, but people forget it was not always about burning crosses." My friends and I just kind of stared at one another and did not know how to respond. The museum also kind of has an Anti-Union and Pro-Confederacy vibe.

Not something you would expect to see in 2019. 10/10 would...

This museum was actually an accidentally find but pretty cool. It's self paced so you get to take your time inside their opening hours of course they do have a small parking lot & it was also free & the entrance looked like it might have temporary exhibits. We enjoyed the whole museum just a good find to get out of the house for a...

So much cool stuff! The standing exhibits and the rotating special exhibits are beautifully put together, fun to investigate and a plethora of information about the local community and its ties to the state and country at large. Worth visiting over and over, there's always more to uncover, and they sponsor some fun...