The Apron Museum in Iuka, Mississippi, is the only museum in the United States dedicated to aprons and the stories they tell. Iuka native Carolyn Terry founded the museum after attending estate sales and auctions in order to buy books. Terry was instead tempted by the fabric of the aprons, and would purchase bundles of aprons, which spurred her scholarly i…The Apron Museum in Iuka, Mississippi, is the only museum in the United States dedicated to aprons and the stories they tell. Iuka native Carolyn Terry founded the museum after attending estate sales and auctions in order to buy books. Terry was instead tempted by the fabric of the aprons, and would purchase bundles of aprons, which spurred her scholarly interest in the subject.