"Remaining status quo is no longer an option for even the smallest museum."

      Another February has come and gone. Weekly galas and daily celebrations are paused until next year. Afrocentric wearables and yards of Kente cloth are laundered and safely tucked away on shelves and hangers until next year..., unless you are a cultural museum who...

As we approach the first anniversary of Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, I reflect back to our Grand Opening on February 12, 2016. We began our journey with THE WAYMAKERS exhibit that honored local African Americans from Oconee County who made significant contrib...