Will You Be My Valentine? Presidential Love Letters
February 14th, 2025 at 7:00 P.M.
The President James K. Polk Home and Museum offers a festive, educational and fun event for adults this…
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Homeschool Day- Mule Day
Fri. Mar 21, 2025, 9:00 AM
Mule Day is a festival in Columbia, TN, but did you know that its history goes back for…
Homeschool Day- Historic Gardens
Fri. May 16, 2025, 9:00 AM
Join us on the grounds of the Polk Home for a fun day of gardening, cooking, activities and…
Homeschool Day- Archeology
Fri. Sep 12, 2025, 9:00 AM
Archeology Day features crafts, activites, real archeologists and more. Learn about how archeologists find clues about the past,…
Homeschool Day- Veteran’s Day
Fri. Nov 7, 2025, 9:00 AM
James K. Polk never fought in a war himself, but many conflicts and veterans can connect their history…
Audubon: Nature & Nation
February 15, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Featuring twelve first-edition prints from Birds of America by renowned American naturalist and artist John James Audubon, on…
A Portrait of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés: A Gift to the First Lady
Late in James K. Polk’s presidency, his wife Sarah Childress Polk received an unusual gift that implicitly equated…
Anthony Philip Heinrich: An Early American Composer in Polk’s America
March 2, 2020 | Written by Thomas Samuel Have you ever heard of the “Log Cabin Composer?” In…
Annual Membership Luncheon
April 23, 2020 | 12 p.m.
The James K. Polk Memorial Association invites its members to the annual Spring Luncheon and business meeting, held…
Bloodys and Biscuits
April 4, 2020 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Kick off Mule Day with the 10th Annual Bloodys and Biscuits at the Polk Home & Museum! Support…
