Children ages 6 through 12 will have a chance to play under the old Oak trees during our summer camp at Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro. This enriching day camp is slated for June 25 - 29, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Children will enjoy games from the past as we spend time outside...
Do you ever long to return to the days of Rhett and Scarlett? Girls ages 11 and up can do just that during the Antebellum Academy, presented by Oaklands Mansion from June 18-22, 2018. Surrounded by the 1860’s furnishings of Oaklands Mansion, students will be introduced to crafts and history, while being instructed in nineteenth...
FREE! It’s not often that we can offer free admission to the elegant mansion. Mark your calendars now to spend Saturday, May 12th at Oaklands Mansion for “Free Day.” Dr. James Maney and his wife Sallie Hardy Murfree began their plantation with the construction of a modest two-room cabin, circa 1818. By 1860, their home...
Join Oaklands Mansion’s Curator and Master Gardener, Connor Moss, for a unique tour of Oaklands Park. Mark your calendars now to spend Sunday, April 29th exploring the former grounds of this historic plantation, now open as a public park. Oaklands Mansion is nestled in Oaklands Park, a native tree arboretum and natural wetlands, which includes...
Free, family fun! Nine innings of bare-handed base ball played by 1864 rules.
Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball kicks off the 2018 season with the Oaklands Cup. It is hosted by the Stones River Scouts VBBC and played on the grounds of Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro, TN. Witness a full day of vintage base ball played as it was in the 1860's.. Games will be played throughout...
Join us for a special “Exhibit After Hours” of the Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit Friday, March 2 until 8pm. Step back to yesterday and see the common threads that weave together the lives of women through the decades in middle Tennessee and across the country. Enjoy traveling through time as you walk among...
Calling all little princesses! What a better way to be a princess than to be surrounded by princess dresses. Wear your favorite dress or princess costume to the exhibit and enjoy refreshments in the museum gift shop on February 9, 2018. Tickets are $10 per person or $5 if you dress as your favorite princess...
During the Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit, we invite our guests to read The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck. Through a community partnership with Read to Succeed, book group discussions will be offered during the dates of the exhibition in conjunction with “UnPlug & Read” month in February. For more information about Read to...
Join us for a special “Exhibit After Hours” of the Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit Friday, February 2 until 8pm. Step back to yesterday and see the common threads that weave together the lives of women through the decades in middle Tennessee and across the country. Enjoy traveling through time as you walk among...