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2025 TAM and HT Scholarships Available

TN Association of Museums Scholarships



Deadline:  Friday, January 24, 2025


The Tennessee Association of Museums is pleased to announce our scholarship program for the 2025 Annual TAM conference.  

The Tennessee Association of Museums is offering scholarships to attend the 2025 Annual TAM Meeting.  These scholarships include conference registration, hotel accommodations for (2) nights, a $50 travel stipend for those who qualify and admission to all off-site events included with conference registration (Pre or Post-Conference events may not be covered).  

We are inviting any student or emerging museum professional to apply. 

To apply, please send your resume and a cover letter, explaining why you want to attend the conference and what you hope to gain to Debbie Shaw, TAM State Coordinator, at tnmuseums@gmail.com.  

Please type 2025 TAM Scholarship in the subject line.

 If you have any questions, please call Debbie Shaw at 615-495-3354.



Get an insider's look at the opportunities available at the Annual TAM conference from some of our former TAM Scholarship winners. 

Click the link in their names to read about their TAM experience:

2023 TAM Scholarship Winners

Whitney Petelka - East TN Winner

Sarah Skupien -  Middle TN Winner

Jennifer Lee- East TN Winner

(L-R) Polly Brasher, Sarah Griffin, Jennifer Wildes, Tori mason, Brad Kavan, Whitney Petelka, Beth Thompson, Jennifer Lee, Sarah Skupien, Chris Grisham, Jenny Lamb, Charles Googe, Morgan Byrn

2019 TAM Scholarship winners:

Joseph Gamble - 2019 East TN Winner

Susan Holcraft - 2019 Middle TN Winner

Paige Brevick - 2019 West TN Winner



2019 TAM Scholarship winners with TAM Board Members

(L-R) Brooke Mundy, Melina Ludwig, Susan Holcraft, Paige Brevick, Joseph Gamble and Bethany Hawkins

2018 TAM Scholarship winners:

Rebecca H. P'Simer - 2018 East TN Winner

Ryan Baker - 2018 Middle TN Winner

Brooke Garcia - 2018 West TN Winner


2018 TAM Scholarship winners with TAM Board Members

(L-R) Brooke Mundy, Terri Jordan, Brooke Garcia, Rebecca H. P'Simer, Brad Kavan, Ryan Baker and Rene Rodgers






Humanities Tennessee

Scholarships



Deadline:  TBD


Applications for Humanities Tennessee’s (HT) scholarships to attend the 2025 Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) Conference are now available. TAM will host the conference in person March 11-14, 2025, at the Crowne Plaza in Knoxville, TN.

HT scholarships are open to volunteers without museum-related backgrounds who work for a nonprofit museum or organization that is starting a museum which has no paid professional staff. Each scholarship provides up to three nights lodging and conference registration fees for up to two people from each applicant organization.

Email melissa@humtn.org to request a link to the online scholarship application.  Submission deadline: TBD.

Humanities Tennessee offers a scholarship program for the Tennessee Association of Museums’ (TAM) annual conference held every March. This initiative stems from our commitment to provide opportunities for professional and organizational development of Tennessee’s museums and their humanities programming.

Since 2003, 338 individuals from 123 organizations across the state have attended the TAM conference with this scholarship. Once introduced to the museum community by this program, many organizations remain TAM members and continue to attend each year without a scholarship.



2024 TAM Scholarship Winners

Anastacia Managan - East TN Winner

Valeria Eadler - Middle TN Winner

C. Rose Smith - West TN Winner


(L-R) Charles Googe, Anastacia Managan, Valeria Eadler, Sarah Griffin, Brad Kavan

2022 TAM Scholarship Winners

Samual Bowen - East TN Winner

Catie Lathan - Middle TN Winner

Andrew Spicer - 2020 Middle TN Winner

Lauren Whaley - West TN Winner


(L-R) Polly Brasher, Rebecca P'Simer, Joe Sweatt, Tori Mason, Brad Kavan, Sarah Williams, Lauren Whaley, Catie Latham, Samuel Bowen, Andrew Spicer, Brigette Jones, Charles Googe, Beth Thompson, Jenny Lamb, Rene Rodgers

(L-R) Polly Brasher, Rebecca P'Simer, Joe Sweatt, Tori Mason, Brad Kavan, Sarah Williams, Lauren Whaley, Catie Latham, Samuel Bowen, Andrew Spicer, Brigette Jones, Charles Googe, Beth Thompson, Jenny Lamb, Rene Rodgers

2021 TAM Scholarship Winners

Raka Nandi - 2021 West TN Winner

Maureen Smith - West TN Winner

Janet Palmore - Middle TN Winner

Summer Apostol - East TN Winner

2021 TAM Scholarship Winners and TAM Board Members

(L-R) Janet Palmore, Debbie Shaw, Summer Apostol, Charles Googe, Maureen Smith, Polly Brasher, Raka Nandi, Rene Rodgers, Sarah Williams, Brooke Garcia, Brad Kavan

2017 TAM Scholarship Winners:

Hannah Rexrode - 2017 East TN Winner

Bethany Caldwell - 2017 Middle TN Winner

Gabriel Short - 2017 West TN Winner


2017 TAM Scholarship winners with TAM Board Members

(L-R) Tracy Lauritzen-Wright, Hannah Rexrode, Bethany Caldwell, Gabriel Short and Brooke Mundy



PO Box 330984   Nashville, TN 37203   (615) 495-3354   tnmuseums@gmail.com

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