Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area

08/22/2025

MSNHA is a proud supporter!
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Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention offers family fun, fiddler contest, live music, great food, unique crafts, and a celebration of Southern heritage.

08/22/2025

Thank you, Bear Creek Collaborative, for making sure everybody can enjoy the outdoors!
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JUST ARRIVED! It may not look like a lot, but when pieced together, this adaptive kayaking equipment will help any of our participants that need some added assistance on the water - giving them safety AND independence. 💪

Big thanks to Creating Ability for helping us make sure our folks are taken care of!

08/22/2025

Hidden gems throughout all of Colbert County! Visit us at https://msnha.una.edu/ to learn more.
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08/22/2025

MSNHA Director Terah Welch Klein represented Thursday evening at University of North Alabama's Big Deal, UNA's largest Mane Month event. Big Deal kicks off the semester by featuring campus organizations, departments & community vendors. It's packed with games, entertainment, giveaways, food & other activities to help students get acquainted with the Shoals & connected with campus. We loved sharing MSNHA's mission & projects with them!
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08/21/2025

Great job on identifying this week's photo. We showed you a pic of an old house and asked you to identify it. Everybody correctly guessed that you're standing on the porch of the Birthplace Cottage & looking at the main house at Helen Keller's Birthplace-Ivy Green, in Tuscumbia. Here's the whole story:

Built in 1820 only one year after Alabama became the 22nd state of the U.S., Ivy Green is a simple, white clapboard home design in typical Southern architecture. The main house is of Virginia cottage construction, with four large rooms on the first floor bisected by a wide hall. Each room boasts an individual fireplace. Upstairs are three rooms connected by a hall. Having survived untouched through the ravages of the Civil War, Ivy Green is maintained to the smallest detail in its original state.
Helen Keller’s birthplace cottage is situated east of the main house and consists of a large room with a lovely bay window and playroom. Originally, the small “annex” was an office for keeping the plantation’s books. When Capt. Arthur H. Keller brought his bride, Kate Adams (his second marriage), home to Ivy Green, the office was daintily re-furnished for them as a bridal suite. Later the cottage served as living quarters for Helen and her teacher, Anne Sullivan.
Learn more at https://msnha.una.edu/ and https://helenkellerbirthplace.org/

Come back next week for another !
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08/21/2025

Making the outdoors accessible for everyone --
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The TerrainHopper has been one of the best additions to our equipment list! It’s designed to assist with mobility - especially for those who can’t traverse the property for whatever reason. It lets them stay engaged while removing barriers that would otherwise keep them from participating.

08/21/2025

Yeah, Tennessee Valley Authority, but did you do it in a kayak all by yourself as MSNHA's TJ Johnson did a few years ago????!!!!!
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08/20/2025

Here's another "where are you standing & what are you looking at?" photo. Think you can identify this pic? Post your best guesses in the comments below & come back tomorrow for the whole story.

08/19/2025

The Secret Sisters love performing for hometown audiences -- reserve your seat now!

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We’ve got two symphony shows coming up in September! So excited to be performing at The Schermerhorn with the on Sept 9, and in our home, The Shoals, with the on Sept 13. See the link in our bio for tickets.

08/19/2025

What a great story! Thanks for sharing, Jesse Owens Museum.

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Dianna and Kyle Chormanski came to our museum yesterday while visiting family in Alabama. Not only did Kyle’s grandfather, Leonard Chormanski, go to East Tech high school with Jesse Owens, but he was on the same track team as well! Mr. Chormanski showed us the photograph, and it just so happens that same picture is on display here at the Jesse Owens Museum. The connection to Jesse Owens that our visitors bring is invaluable to his legacy. If you have any connection to Jesse Owens and his legacy, please come by the museum. We’d love to hear your story!

08/19/2025

We are thrilled to start our latest traveling exhibit at Courtland Public Library !
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