Mullins Named Executive Director of Historic Cotton Museum
May 24, 2011 The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange, a downtown museum that tells the story of the famed cash crop and its influence on American history and culture, is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Anna Mullins to the position of Executive Director. The Museum staff and Board are proud to welcome Ms. Mullins, who will help lead the Museum to continued growth.
“We are thrilled to have Anna Mullins on board,” says Museum founder and cotton broker Calvin Turley. “With her experience and enthusiasm, she’s already proven to be an asset to the team. She’s come to the table with a host of new ideas to keep the Museum vibrant and successful.”
Mullins, who started at the Museum in May 2011, received a master’s in fine arts from The University of Memphis and was most recently the Editorial Director of Niche Publications for E.W. Scripps, serving as Editor in Chief of publications including Skirt! magazine, Fix magazine and Spoon magazine. But she is not new to the agricultural community; she has also worked as editor of the trade publication Cotton International and as a communications assistant at the National Cotton Council.
As Executive Director at the Cotton Museum, Mullins is charged with all facets of the organization’s development, including overall strategy, program building and community relations. She brings years of experience in the areas of public relations, communications and strategic thinking.
Under new leadership, the Museum will most notably broaden its Educational Programming in its offerings to both children and adults. In 2010, the museum expanded to include an educational wing with hands-on, interactive exhibits and a permanent classroom to better teach young students about the innovations in agriculture and the future of the industry. Additional educational opportunities for adults will include discussions led by authors and historians and supplementary exhibits. The Museum will also continue to develop the Oral History Project, working to create and preserve a more complete record of the cotton industry through the voices of those involved.
The Cotton Museum is located on the historic floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange on Front Street – where cotton traders once stood at the center of the global cotton economy. Since its founding in 2006, the Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange has attracted more than 50,000 visitors and established itself as the most important national museum devoted to cotton. Museum highlights include video footage, oral histories, artifacts and exhibits that tell the story of “King Cotton” and its impact on our region and the world, as well as a self-guided audio tour of Cotton Row.
For more information, see: For more information on the Museum, see: www.memphiscottonmuseum.org.
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