History, Events, Exhibits & More

The Polk Home’s annual Bloodys & Biscuits garden party is back! Join us from 9am-11am for drinks, food,…

Author’s Reception & Book Signing Join us for an author’s reception and book signing with Mark Cheathem, author…

Tennessee State Museum Chief Curator Richard White joins us for an overview of the Mexican-American War. One of…

Dr. Tim Johnson, guest curator of the exhibit “Shaping a Nation: Tennessee Volunteers & the Mexican-American War” will…

Join us on February 2nd at 6pm at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Columbia as we welcome Myers…

  Join us October 23rd, 7:00-9:00pm as local Columbians of the past come to life at their gravesites…

Dr. Jill Anderson | Mexico in Polk’s America, the Reality and the Fantasy Hanging of the San Patricios…

Hearth to Plate | June 25, 2021 A celebration of food, garden, and history on a beautiful evening…

Dark Horse Dinner | September 18, 2021 Inspired by James K. Polk’s launch party for his campaign for…

Polk’s America with the Sigal Music Museum Detail of Astor & Co. piano, c. 1815, courtesy Sigal Music…