Free and open to the public, the Heritage Center is a great adventure for residents, visitors, and families!
The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County opened its doors in the fall of 2006. Our mission to is tell the engaging and compelling stories of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County to visitors and residents alike, with a special focus on Murfreesboro as a Civil War battlefield and key federal occupation base.
We tell these stories through diverse exhibits, public programs, educational events, and downtown tours. The Heritage Center also serves as an orientation center directing visitors to historic and cultural sites, resources, and events throughout the county. The Heritage Center and all its events and services are free and open to the public.
"What's New"
The Middle Tennessee Civil War Roundtable meets monthly at the Heritage Center for roundtable discussions and presentations on a variety of Civil War topics. For more information on the schedule, click
here.
New! Click
here to watch MTSU professor and artist Erin Anfinson painting the Heritage Center's wall-size Civil War mural, a focal point of our outstanding Civil War exhibit.
The “Between the Lines: Reading about the Civil War” book group, sponsored by the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and Linebaugh Library, will discuss
Shiloh: A Novel, by Shelby Foote, on Thursday, January 19 and 26, at 7:00 p.m. at the Heritage Center, 225 West College Street, Murfreesboro.
All are welcome. Foote published
Shiloh almost forty years before he rose to national prominence in Ken Burns’s PBS documentary on the Civil War.
Shiloh takes readers back to the pivotal two-day battle that took place in Hardin County on the west bank of the Tennessee River early in April 1862.
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Admission:
Free
Location:
225 W. College St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Directions:
From I-24, exit 81-B, travel toward Murfreesboro to the Public Square. Go through the Square to the next traffic light at College Street, and turn left. The Heritage Center is located in the second block on the left, at the corner of College and Walnut.
For more information, or for group reservations, please call (615) 217-8013.
