Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

The mural on the side of the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum.

Honoring the Legacy of Farm Labor

The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum enhances knowledge and understanding of tenant farming and agricultural labor movements in the Mississippi River Delta, in an effort to preserve the history and promote the legacy of sharecropping, tenant farming and the farm labor movement. The museum is located in the historic Mitchell-East Building in Tyronza, Arkansas, with the restoration of this building and development of the museum made possible through grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council and a “We the People” Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

 

Field trip posing outside of the STFM.
Experience the history of the region and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union through guided museum tours, with the option to combine your visit with a tour of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.
The first Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting.
Discover how tenant farming and agricultural labor movements shaped the Mississippi River Delta and led to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
Exhibition inside the STFM including a wheelbarrow of cotton.
Donations help keep the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites project going by providing support for operations, events, and more.

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Hours of Operation

We are open Tuesday – Saturday from 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Tours of the house are given on the hour.

 

 

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