Museum Center at Five Points

The Museum Center at 5ive Points is a history museum in Cleveland, Tennessee which features exhibits on the history of the local region.

Museum Center at 5ive Points
EstablishedSeptember 11, 1999
Location200 Inman Street
Cleveland, Tennessee, United States
Coordinates35°09′29″N 84°52′27″W
TypeHistory museum, art museum, cultural center
DirectorJanice Neyman
CuratorLindsay Shirkey, Hope Vollm[1]
Websitewww.museumcenter.org

Exhibits
The front of the museum center.

The Museum Center is a history museum, art museum, and cultural center and houses exhibits and artifacts relating to the history of the Ocoee Region of Tennessee, which includes Bradley and Polk Counties and the Chattanooga region and surrounding areas.[2] The museum features one permanent exhibit, The River of Time, which traces the history of Bradley County, Polk County, and East Hamilton County.[2] In addition, five to six changing exhibitions are held each year.[2] The museum contains a store which has a gallery showcasing arts and crafts of the region and of the South.[2] The facility is often used for private and community events.[2]

History

The museum was first proposed in 1992.[3] A committee was created on March 9, 1992 to study the feasibility of establishing a museum which would be "an organized and permanent non-profit institution, essentially educational or aesthetic in purpose, with professional staff, which owns and utilizes tangible objects, cares for them and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule."[3][4] Their mission statement was "to preserve and interpret the history and culture of the Ocoee District of Southeast Tennessee by highlighting the adventures of its people."[4] Construction began on the museum center on May 28, 1998, and the museum opened to the public on September 11, 1999.[3] The museum center was chosen as the 2011 recipient of the MainStreet Cleveland award.[5] The new mission statement of "telling the story of the Ocoee Region" was adopted on June 18, 2013.[6]

References
  1. "Staff". Museumcenter.org. Museum Center at 5ive Points. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. "Museum Center At 5ive Points". Americanheritage.com. American Heritage. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. "About- Museum Center at 5ive Points". Museumcenter.org. Museum Center at 5ive Points. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  4. "Museum Center At 5ive Points". Americantowns.com. Americantowns.com.
  5. Kaylor, Greg (December 9, 2011). "MainStreet celebrates end of year". Clevelandbanner.com. Cleveland Daily Banner. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  6. Wright, William (September 11, 2013). "Museum Center to host 'Flappers and Fedoras'". Clevelandbanner.com. Cleveland Daily Banner. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
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