Beck Cultural Exchange Center

Outstanding Resource

To really understand Knoxville history, a trip to the Beck Cultural Exchange is a must. The focus is more on local Knoxville African American History, which is pretty unique. The staff is very knowle...

Rich Artifacts of Black History

The Beck Cultural Exchange Center is one of the largest African American Historical Museum. This beautiful black history non-profit museum has so many preserved African-American artifacts and exhibit...

Invaluable treasure

This lovely facility holds the long and diverse African-American history of Knoxville. There's a bookstore, a small library, meeting rooms, garden, archives of photographs, news stories, and memorabil...

Black Cultural/History Center

Beck is an old house with modern additions on the back. It houses an extensive archive of local black history. In the house are fantastic photos of the desegregation struggle and other memorabilia.

Intriging find of history

I found this historic house not only intriguing but held much historical art and artifacts that pertained to west Tennessee African American heritage in the area. Some exhibits were inspirational, and...