Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum

A quick video tour of the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum in Thomasville, Alabama. It is dedicated to preserving the works of native author, storyteller, and journalist, Kathryn Tucker Windham. Windham has spent much of her life recording Alabama's history and folklore.
Kathryn Tucker Windham (born June 2, 1918) is an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama and was raised in nearby Thomasville.

You can visit Old Bank Gallery in Thomasville, a gift store and visitor information center located in the bank that Windhams family operated until the Great Depression.

Kathryn Tucker Windham stories about ghosts and growing up and living in the Southern United States have earned her a place on National Public Radio's All Things Considered which has brought her national attention and praise.

She is the founder of the Alabama Tale Tellin' Festival, which has been held annually in Selma since 1978. Kathryn Tucker Windham appears on stage in a one woman play about Julia Tutwiler. The play is named They Call Me Julia and is based on Kathryn Tucker Windham's book of the same name.

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