Hours:  Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 AM To 5:00 PM
Sunday: By Appointment Only   Monday: Museum is Closed

Admission:  Adult: $5.00  Student: $3.00  Child: $3.00
Group Admission: $4.00 Adults, $2.00 Students (18 & Under)

Grand opening activities for the Alex Haley Interpretive Center will begin with an official dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 13, 2010, 10 a.m. – 12 noon.

This will be followed by a celebration of Mr. Haley’s 89th birthday and continuation of the grand opening on Saturday, August 14, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, is expected to be the speaker for the ribbon cutting ceremony, and members from the U.S. Coast Guard will present the colors.

Saturday will begin with a 5 Kilometer Walk/Run at 8 a.m. A Street Festival with vendors, musical performers and games for kids will be continuous, with Stage Performances featuring local talent, beginning at 3 p.m. Mr. Haley’s immediate family members, his chief researcher, George Sims, staff members from the Tennessee Historical Commission, State and U.S. political officials and cast members from the television mini-series Roots have been invited to attend.

Tennessee Treasures took a trip to the Alex Haley House Museum featuring Alex Haley—writer of the novel Roots. This video is from episode two of the Tennessee Treasures program.

It begins with an overview of Alex Haley’s Tennessee roots. Shortly after Alex was born, his parents moved to the town of Henning where they operated a lumber company and Alex attended grade school. Fred Montgomery, childhood friend of Alex Haley, speaks about Alex’s early dreams of becoming a writer. The video then gives a short biography of Alex, his service in the United States Coast Guard and his earlier works that lead to the release of Roots: The Saga of An American Family and the eight-part television mini-series that aired one year later in 1977.