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Washington County/Jonesborough History Museum, Jonesborough, TN
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Washington County/Jonesborough History Museum

Local history museum and archive in Jonesborough, Tennessee, centered on the town and Washington County.

117 Boone Street, Jonesborough, TN 37659 · Jonesborough, TN

About Washington County/Jonesborough History Museum

Founded in 1982, this museum and archive gathers objects, papers, and photographs that document the people and places of Jonesborough and Washington County. Its holdings emphasize social, cultural, and economic history. A large photograph collection covers roughly 1850 through the 1980s and includes work by early local photographers L.M. Keen and O.L. Hensley. The public gallery is located inside the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center, where visitors can see some of the town's earliest firefighting equipment and a clock from the 1847 Washington County Courthouse.

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