This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Name | Image | Location | Region | Type | Other information |
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Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum | Harrogate | East | Biographical | Part of Lincoln Memorial University, Lincoln memorabilia and Civil War history and artifacts | |
Adventure Science Center | Nashville | Middle | Science | Website, formerly Cumberland Science Museum | |
Alex Haley House and Museum | Henning | West | Historic house | Home and the burial place of author Alex Haley. Media related to Alex Haley House and Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
American Museum of Science and Energy | Oak Ridge | East | Science | Focus is on energy, especially nuclear power | |
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site | Greeneville | East | Historic house | Home and museum of President Andrew Johnson | |
Archie Campbell Tourism Complex | Bulls Gap | East | Biographical | Information, home and museum of comedian Archie Campbell | |
Arrowheads/Aerospace Cultural Center | Manchester | Middle | Local history | Information, includes scale model replicas of famous pioneer and colonial era buildings | |
Art Museum of the University of Memphis | Memphis | West | Art | Contemporary art, Egyptian antiquities and West African artifacts. Media related to Art Museum of the University of Memphis at Wikimedia Commons | |
Athenaeum Rectory | Columbia | Middle | Historic house | Former rectory of the Columbia Female Institute | |
Austin Peay State University Art Galleries | Clarksville | Middle | Art | Website, three fine art galleries of Austin Peay State University | |
Bartlett Museum | Bartlett | West | History | Local history. Media related to Bartlett Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Battles for Chattanooga Electric Map and Museum | Lookout Mountain | East | Military | Website, three-dimensional electronic battle map presentation of Chattanooga's Civil War history | |
Bays Mountain Park | Kingsport | East | Multiple | Website, nature preserve that includes the Farmstead Museum with antiques and agricultural equipment, a nature center with exhibits on natural history and space exploration, a planetarium, and a herpetarium | |
Beck Cultural Exchange Center | Knoxville | East | Ethnic - African American | Website | |
Beechcraft Heritage Museum | Tullahoma | Middle | Aviation | Website, Beechcraft airplanes and history | |
Beech River Cultural Center and Museum | Lexington | West | Local history | Website, information | |
Belle Meade Plantation | Belle Meade | Middle | Historic house | Plantation mansion and outbuildings | |
Belmont Mansion (Tennessee) | Nashville | Middle | Historic house | Part of Belmont University, Victorian period mansion | |
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art | Memphis | West | Art | Formerly the Peabody Place Museum. Media related to Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art at Wikimedia Commons | |
Bemis Mill Village Museum | Jackson | West | Local history | Website, located in 1900 cotton mill building, area and cotton industry history | |
Biblical Resource Center & Museum | Collierville | West | Religious | Website | |
Blockade Runner, Sutlery & Civil War Museum | Wartrace | Middle | Military | Website, Civil War artifacts, uniforms and weapons | |
Blount County Historical Museum | Maryville | East | Local history | Website | |
Blount Mansion | Knoxville | East | Historic house | Late-18th-century mansion | |
Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center | Murfreesboro | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Breweriana Museum | Millersville | Middle | Commodity | Website, displays beer cans, signs and memorabilia, open by appointment | |
Buford Pusser Home and Museum | Adamsville | West | Biographical | Website, home and museum about Sheriff Buford Pusser | |
Burkle Estate | Memphis | West | Historic house | Also known as the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum. Media related to Burkle Estate at Wikimedia Commons | |
Butler Museum | Butler | East | History | Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids, story of town moved to higher ground to make way for Watauga Lake | |
Cannonsburgh Village | Murfreesboro | Middle | Open air | Website, reconstructed Southern village with buildings from the 1830s to the 1930s | |
Carl Van Vechten Gallery | Nashville | Middle | Art | Website | |
Carnton Plantation | Franklin | Middle | Historic house | Includes mid-19th-century plantation home, Civil War battle site, McLemore House Museum with exhibits about area African American heritage. Media related to Carnton Plantation at Wikimedia Commons | |
Carter House | Franklin | Middle | Historic house | mid-19th-century house with Civil War history | |
Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum | Jackson | West | Railroad | Website, includes recreated 1890s train station, restored home of engineer Casey Jones and a life-size replica of Casey's 382 locomotive | |
Charles Hall Museum | Tellico Plains | East | Local history | Website | |
Chasing Rainbows | Pigeon Forge | East | Biographical | Museum for Dolly Parton located at Dollywood | |
Chattanooga African-American Museum | Chattanooga | East | African American | Website, role of African Americans in American history and culture | |
Chattanooga History Center | Chattanooga | East | Local history | Website, formerly the Chattanooga Regional History Museum | |
Chattanooga Model Railroad Museum | Chattanooga | East | Railroad | Website, operated by the joint venture between the Chattanooga Area Model Railroad Club and the Chattanooga Choo Choo | |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | Nashville | Middle | Art | Holdings include American art, American and British decorative arts, and contemporary art, including outdoor sculpture. Media related to Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art at Wikimedia Commons | |
Cherokee & David Crockett Museum & Cultural Center | Lawrenceburg | Middle | Ethnic - Native American | Website | |
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | Chattanooga | East | Military | The Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center features exhibits about the Civil War battle site. Media related to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at Wikimedia Commons | |
Children's Museum of Memphis | Memphis | West | Children's | Media related to Children's Museum of Memphis at Wikimedia Commons | |
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | East | Children's | ||
Chucalissa Museum and Archaeological site | Memphis | West | Ethnic - Native American | Located in T.O. Fuller State Park, part of University of Memphis, archaeological finds from the Mississippian mounds. Media related to Chucalissa Museum and Archaeological site at Wikimedia Commons | |
Clay County Museum | Celina | Middle | Local history | Information, includes the Cordell Hull Law Office | |
Clement Railroad Hotel Museum | Dickson | Middle | Local history | Formerly the Hotel Halbrook Railroad & Local History Museum | |
Cold Spring School and Museum | Portland | Middle | Local history | Website, open by appointment | |
Cookeville Depot Museum | Cookeville | Middle | Railroad | Collection of train cars and railroad memorabilia | |
Cookeville History Museum | Cookeville | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Coon Creek Science Center | Adamsville | West | Natural history | Part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums, visits limited to organized groups, preserved Upper Cretaceous marine shells and vertebrate remains of the Coon Creek Formation. Media related to Coon Creek Science Center at Wikimedia Commons | |
Cooter's Museum | Gatlinburg | East | Media | Website, store and museum with memorabilia from the Dukes of Hazzard television show | |
Cooter's Place | Nashville | Middle | Media | Website, store and museum with memorabilia from the Dukes of Hazzard television show | |
Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park | Byrdstown | Middle | Biographical | Log cabin birthplace and museum about Cordell Hull, politician and Secretary of State under | |
The Cotton Museum | Memphis | West | Industry - Cotton | Heritage of the cotton industry. Media related to The Cotton Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Cotton Museum of the South | Bells | West | Industry | Website, story of cotton, its development and affect on local culture | |
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | Nashville | Middle | Hall of fame - Music | History and traditions of country music. Media related to Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Cowan Railroad Museum | Cowan | Middle | Railroad | Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids | |
Cragfont | Castalian Springs | Middle | Historic house | Early-19th-century-period house | |
Creative Discovery Museum | Chattanooga | East | Children's | ||
Crescent Bend | Knoxville | East | Historic house | Also known as the Armstrong-Lockett House, 1834 home with 18th-century furnishings and decorative arts | |
Crockett Museum | Lawrenceburg | Middle | Biographical | Website | |
Crockett Tavern Museum | Morristown | East | Biographical | Website, site of the boyhood home of Davy Crockett, reconstruction of the 1790s John Crockett Tavern | |
Cross Plains Heritage Museum, Library & Archives | Cross Plains | Middle | Local history | Website, also known as the Doctor's House | |
Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum | Crossville | East | History | Tower with museum about the 1930s Homesteads project and period house | |
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center | Clarksville | Middle | Multiple | Exhibits include art, science, history, Boehm porcelain, model trains; also known as the Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum | |
David Crockett State Park | Lawrenceburg | Middle | Biographical | Life and times of Davy Crockett as a pioneer, soldier, politician and industrialist | |
Davies Manor | Memphis | West | Historic house | Early-19th-century two-story, log & chink home. Media related to Davies Manor at Wikimedia Commons | |
Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park | Limestone | East | Biographical | Includes a replica of Davy Crockett's birth cabin and a museum about his life. Media related to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park at Wikimedia Commons | |
Dickson-Williams Mansion | Greeneville | East | Historic house | Website, 19th-century mansion, tours operated by Main Street Greeneville | |
Dinosaur Walk Museum | Pigeon Forge | East | Natural history | Dinosaur sculptures and fossil replicas | |
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring | Murfreesboro | Middle | Nature center | ||
Discovery Museum of West Tennessee | Jackson | West | Multiple | Website, local history, science, technology and art | |
Dixie Gun Works Old Car Museum | Union City | West | Multiple | Website, weapons and gun-making equipment, antique automobiles, antique mechanical devices and appendages | |
Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Memphis | West | Art | Collections include French and American impressionism and 18th-century German porcelain. Media related to Dixon Gallery and Gardens at Wikimedia Commons | |
Doak House Museum | Greeneville | East | Historic house | Website, part of Tusculum College, 1830s period house | |
Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum | Clarksville | Middle | Aviation | Located within Fort Campbell, history of the 101st Airborne Division (United States) | |
Downtown Gallery (University of Tennessee) | Knoxville | East | Art | Website, part of the University of Tennessee | |
Dragon Dreams Museum and Gift Shop | Chattanooga | East | Commodity - Dragon-themed items | Website | |
Ducktown Basin Museum | Ducktown | East | Mining | Copper mining at the Burra Burra Mine. Media related to Ducktown Basin Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Dunbar Carver Alumni Museum and Cultural Center | Brownsville | West | African American | Website, information, achievements of African-American students in Haywood County | |
Dunlap Coke Ovens Park | Dunlap | Middle | Industry | Park contains the remains of 268 beehive coke ovens used in the early 20th century to convert mountain coal into industrial coke, a product used to smelt iron ore | |
Dyer County Museum | Dyersburg | West | Local history | Website | |
East Tennessee Discovery Center | Knoxville | East | Science | Website | |
East Tennessee History Center | Knoxville | East | Local history | ||
Elm Springs | Columbia | Middle | Historic building | Headquarters of the Sons of Confederate Veterans | |
Elvis Museum | Pigeon Forge | East | Biographical | Website, singer Elvis Presley | |
International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame | Tiptonville | West | Music - Rock-a-billy | Website | |
Emporium Center Gallery | Knoxville | East | Art | Website, operated by the Arts & Cultural Alliance | |
Englewood Textile Museum | Englewood | East | Industry - Textile | Local tourism information, textile mills and workers | |
Ethridge Museum | Ethridge | Middle | Local history | Information | |
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture | Knoxville | East | Art | Website, part of University of Tennessee | |
Exchange Place - Gaines Preston Farm | Kingsport | East | Living | Website, 1850s living history farm | |
Falcon Rest Mansion & Gardens | McMinnville | Middle | Historic house | Website, 1896 Victorian mansion, historic house museum | |
Falls Mill | Belvidere | Middle | Mill | Website, also known as the Museum of Power & Industry at Falls Mill | |
Farragut Folklife Museum | Farragut | East | Local history | Website | |
Fayetteville Lincoln County Museum and Civic Center | Fayetteville | Middle | History | Website | |
Fire Museum of Memphis | Memphis | West | Fire fighting | Media related to Fire Museum of Memphis at Wikimedia Commons | |
Fisk University Galleries | Nashville | Middle | Art | Website, two galleries of Fisk University | |
Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum | Sevierville | East | Automobile | Website | |
Fort Donelson National Battlefield | Dover | Middle | Military | Visitor center museum with Civil War artifacts and exhibits, remains of two Civil War forts and battlefied | |
Fort Loudoun | Vonore | East | Military | Reconstructed British Colonial fort and interpretive center. Media related to Fort Loudoun at Wikimedia Commons | |
Fort Pillow State Park and Museum | Henning | West | Fort - Civil War | History and site of the American Civil War Battle of Fort Pillow. Media related to Fort Pillow State Park and Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Fort Southwest Point | Kingston | East | Military | Restored federal frontier outpost and visitor center with archaeological and history exhibits. Media related to Fort Southwest Point at Wikimedia Commons | |
Frank H. McClung Museum | Knoxville | East | Multiple | Part of the University of Tennessee, exhibits include natural history, archaeology, Ancient Egypt, decorative arts, geology and fossils of Tennessee, Tennessee freshwater mussels | |
Frist Center for the Visual Arts | Nashville | Middle | Art | Changing art exhibits. Media related to Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Wikimedia Commons | |
Galen School Museum | Lafayette | Middle | Local history | Website | |
General Shale Museum of Ancient Brick | Johnson City | East | Commodity | Website, bricks from biblical and pre-biblical times, brick construction | |
Giles County Historical Museum | Pulaski | Middle | Local history | Information | |
Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place | Knoxville | East | Scouting | Website | |
Graceland | Memphis | West | Historic house | Home of Elvis Presley. Media related to Graceland at Wikimedia Commons | |
Granville Museum | Granville | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Gray Fossil Museum | Gray | East | Natural history | Fossils from the Gray Fossil Site, officially known as the East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center | |
Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center | Townsend | East | Open air | Website, cultural heritage of East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains region | |
Green Frog Village | Bells | West | Local History | Website, village re-built of historic houses from the area. Media related to Green Frog Village at Wikimedia Commons | |
Greenback Heritage Museum | Greenback | East | Local history | information | |
Green McAdoo Cultural Center | Clinton | East | Ethnic - African American | ||
Guinness World Records | Gatlinburg | East | Amusement | ||
Hands On! Regional Museum | Johnson City | East | Children's | Website | |
Hands-On Science Center | Tullahoma | Middle | Science | Website | |
Haywood County Museum | Brownsville | West | Local history | Information, information, includes Haywood County Sports Museum and an Abraham Lincoln collection | |
Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County | Murfreesboro | Middle | Local history | Website | |
The Hermitage | Hermitage | Middle | Historic house | Home of U.S. President Andrew Jackson and museum, near Nashville. Media related to The Hermitage at Wikimedia Commons | |
Historic Collinsville | Southside | Middle | Living history | mid-19th-century Southern village life | |
Historic Mansker's Station | Goodlettsville | Middle | Living | Website, includes 18th-century Mansker's Fort and 1790s-period Bowen-Campbell House | |
Historic Rugby | Rugby | East | Open air | Experimental utopian community with several historic houses and other buildings to tour | |
Hollywood Star Cars Museum | Gatlinburg | East | Automobile | Website | |
Hollywood Wax Museum (Gatlinburg, Tennessee) | Gatlinburg | East | Media | website | |
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts | Chattanooga | East | Art | Website, includes antique glass, ceramics, furniture, music boxes, coverlets and other rare pieces | |
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Museum | Knoxville | East | Political | Website, follows the life of Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. through all three major branches of government. | |
Hunter Museum of American Art | Chattanooga | East | Art | American art including Hudson River School, 19th-century-genre painting, American Impressionism, the Ashcan School, early modernism, regionalism, and post World War II modern and contemporary art. Media related to Hunter Museum of American Art at Wikimedia Commons | |
Iljams Nature Center | Knoxville | East | Nature Center | Website | |
International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame | Jackson | West | Music - Rock-a-billy | Website, memorabilia and videos of rockabilly artists | |
International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum | Chattanooga | East | Transportation | Tow trucks and equipment, industry-related displays of collectible toys, tools, pictorial histories of manufacturers | |
J. Houston Gordon Museum | Martin | West | Multiple | Website, part of the University of Tennessee at Martin, gallery for changing exhibits in art, decorative arts, photography, culture, science and history | |
James K. Polk Ancestral Home | Columbia | Middle | Historic house | 19th-century home of President James K. Polk | |
James D. Vaughan Museum | Lawrenceburg | Middle | Music | Website | |
James White's Fort | Knoxville | East | Historic house | Early-19th-century log fort cabins | |
Johnsonville State Historic Park | New Johnsonville | Middle | Military | Website, history of the Battle of Johnsonville | |
Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum | Jonesborough | East | History | Website | |
Knoxville Museum of Art | Knoxville | East | Art | Contemporary art | |
L & N Train Station | Clarksville | Middle | Railroad | ||
Lairdland Farm House | Cornersville | Middle | Historic house | Website, mid-19th-century house, tours by appointment | |
Lane Motor Museum | Nashville | Middle | Transportation - Automobile | Mostly European automobiles, including propeller-powered vehicles, microcars, three wheeled cars, amphibious vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, military vehicles, one of a kind vehicles and prototypes. Media related to Lane Motor Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex | Norris | East | Multiple | Located in Norris Dam State Park, includes Lenoir Pioneer Museum with antique household items and tools, the Rice Gristmill and the Crosby Threshing Barn. Media related to Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex at Wikimedia Commons | |
Lenoir City Museum | Lenoir City | East | Local history | Website | |
Leu Art Gallery | Nashville | Middle | Art | Website, part of Belmont University | |
Lichterman Nature Center | Memphis | West | Nature center | Part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums, arboretum, nature center and museum of native wildlife. Media related to Lichterman Nature Center at Wikimedia Commons | |
Little Congress Bicycle Museums | Cumberland Gap | Middle | Transportation | Website | |
Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum | Townsend | East | Railroad | Website. Media related to Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Loretta Lynn Ranch | Hurricane Mills | West | Multiple | Website, country music star Loretta Lynn's park, includes the biographical Coal Miner's Daughter Museum, the Plantation Home tour, and the Frontier Homestead with 19th-century furnished cabins and equipment | |
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Station/Museum | Etowah | East | Railroad | Information | |
Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum | Collegedale | East | Archaeology | Website, part of Southern Adventist University, ancient Near East objects | |
Lynnville Railroad Museum | Lynville | Middle | Railroad | Website | |
Mabry-Hazen House | Knoxville | East | Historic house | mid-19th-century house with historic connections | |
Marble Springs | Knoxville | East | Historic site | Also known as Gov. John Sevier Home, late-18th-century home of John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee | |
Matt Gardner Homestead Museum | Elkton | Middle | Historic house | Website, early-20th-century farmstead of Matt Gardner, an African American farmer | |
McMinn County Living Heritage Museum | Athens | East | History | Website, historic artifacts, antique household items and decorative arts | |
McNairy County Historical Museum | Selmer | West | Local history | Information, information | |
Meigs County Historical Museum | Decatur | East | Local history | Area history, culture | |
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Memphis | West | Art | Collections include Italian Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and 20th-century artists, English portraiture, contemporary paintings, 19th- and 20th-century sculpture and decorative arts. Media related to Memphis Brooks Museum of Art at Wikimedia Commons | |
Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum | Memphis | West | Music - Rock 'n' Roll | Memphis music experience. Media related to Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Military Branch Museum | Nashville | Middle | Military | Website, branch of Tennessee State Museum | |
Military Memorial Museum of the Upper Cumberland | Crossville | East | Military | Website | |
Mississippi River Park and Museum | Memphis | West | Maritime | Natural and cultural history of the Lower Mississippi River Valley, including river transportation. Media related to Mississippi River Park and Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Mitchell Museum | Tullahoma | Middle | Local history | Website, located in the South Jackson Civic Center | |
Moore County Old Jail Museum | Lynchburg | Middle | Prison | Website | |
Mount Pleasant/Maury Museum of Local History | Mount Pleasant | Middle | Local history | Website, includes artifacts relating to the phosphate industry | |
Museum at Mountain Home | Johnson City | East | Medical | Website, part of the Quillen College of Medicine of East Tennessee State University, history of the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Mountain Home and health care in South Central Appalachia | |
Museum Center at 5ive Points | Cleveland | East | Local history / Culture | Website | |
Museum of Appalachia | Norris | East | Living | Early-20th-century mountain life in the Southern Appalachians. Media related to Museum of Appalachia at Wikimedia Commons | |
Museum of Salt & Pepper Shakers | Gatlinburg | East | Commodity - Salt and pepper shakers | Website, Roadside America report | |
Museum of Scott County | Huntsville | East | History | Website | |
Music Valley Wax Museum | Nashville | Middle | Wax | Website, wax figures of country music performers | |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Depot and Railroad Museum | Jackson | West | Railroad | Website, also known as the Depot Museum | |
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere | Nashville | Middle | Multiple | Includes zoo, 19th-century Grassmere Historic Home and the Grassmere Historic Farm | |
Nathanael Greene Museum | Greeneville | East | Local history | Website, bricks from biblical and pre-biblical times, brick construction | |
National Bird Dog Museum | Grand Junction | West | Sports | Website, home to Bird Dog Foundation, includes National Retriever Museum, Field Trial Hall of Fame | |
National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis | West | History | Site of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., museum of the events and legacy of the civil right movement. Media related to National Civil Rights Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History | Chattanooga | East | Military | Website | |
National Ornamental Metal Museum | Memphis | West | Decorative art | Historical and contemporary metalwork, includes a working smithy and foundry for classes. Media related to National Ornamental Metal Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Newbern Depot & Railroad Museum | Newbern | West | Railroad | Information, Information | |
Netherlands Inn House Museum | Kingsport | East | Historic house | Website, early-19th-century-period house and inn, also Log Cabin Children’s Museum and Schoolhouse | |
Oaklands Historic House Museum | Murfreesboro | Middle | Historic house | 19th-century mansion with Civil War history | |
Oaklawn Garden | Germantown | West | Local history | Indoor/outdoor museum, park and botanical garden, collects local history and folk life related item, also railroad related exhibits. Media related to Oaklawn Garden at Wikimedia Commons | |
Obion County Museum | Union City | West | Local history | Website | |
Old Jail Museum | Lawrenceburg | Middle | Prison | Information | |
Old Jail Museum | Winchester | Middle | Prison | Information | |
Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park | Manchester | Middle | Archaeology | Prehistoric Native American structure and museum. Media related to Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park at Wikimedia Commons | |
Overton County Heritage Museum | Livingston | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Paris-Henry County Heritage Center | Paris | West | Local history | Website | |
Parsons Area Historical Museum | Parsons | West | Local history | Website | |
Parthenon | Nashville | Middle | Art | 1897 full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, now an art museum with American art and changing exhibits. Media related to Nashville Parthenon at Wikimedia Commons | |
Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium | Memphis | West | Multiple | Cultural and natural history of Memphis and the Mid-South; part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums. Media related to Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium at Wikimedia Commons | |
Pioneer Hall Museum | Pleasant Hill | East | Local history | Website, Information, also known as Pleasant Hill Academy Museum | |
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library | Greeneville | East | Biographical | Part of Tusculum College, exhibits and personal artifacts of the Johnson family and Johnson's personal library | |
Ralph J. Passarella Museum | Loretto | Middle | History | Information, includes newspapers, magazines, books, toys, tools, quilts, medical equipment, telephone receivers, telephone operator's switchboards, soda fountain, wood burning kitchen stove, vintage clothing | |
Ramsey House | Knoxville | East | Historic house | Early-19th-century-period house | |
Rattle and Snap | Columbia | Middle | Historic house | mid-19th-century plantation home | |
Red Clay State Park | Cleveland | East | Native American | Museum about the 19th-century Cherokee, park at site of last seat of Cherokee government before the 1838 enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 | |
Reece Museum | Johnson City | East | Multiple | Website, part of East Tennessee State University, history & art, also known as B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum | |
Rhea County Courthouse and Museum | Dayton | East | History | Site of the Scopes Trial and museum. Media related to Rhea County Courthouse and Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum | Gatlinburg | East | Oddities | ||
Rippavilla Plantation | Spring Hill | Middle | Historic house | mid-19th-century plantation mansion | |
Robertson County History Museum | Springfield | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Rock Castle | Hendersonville | Middle | Historic house | Late 18th period house and outbuildings | |
Rocky Mount Museum | Piney Flats | East | Living history | Home of William Blount, territorial governor, recreates the year 1791 | |
Rose Mont | Gallatin | Middle | Historic house | 19th-century Greek Revival house | |
Roy Acuff Union Museum and Library | Maynardville | East | History | Website | |
Sam Davis Home | Smyrna | Middle | Historic house | Website, mid-19th-century home of Confederate courier Sam Davis | |
Sam Davis Museum | Pulaski | Middle | Military | Information, site where Confederate hero Sam Davis was executed, includes Civil war artifacts | |
Sam Houston Schoolhouse | Maryville | East | School | One room log schoolhouse where Sam Houston once taught | |
Scarritt-Bennett Center Collection of Ethnographic Artifacts | Nashville | Middle | Anthropology | Website, public exhibits of the collection of textiles, pottery, masks, dolls and other artifacts pertaining to different ethnic groups and cultures | |
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum | Vonore | East | Ethnic - Native American | Website, history and culture of the Cherokee Indians, life of Cherokee hero Sequoyah. Media related to Sequoyah Birthplace Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sevier County Heritage Museum | Sevierville | East | Local history | Information | |
Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park | Pall Mall | Middle | Biographical | Includes family farm and museum of World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York | |
Shiloh National Military Park | Savannah | Middle | Military | Includes two visitor centers with Civil War exhibits. Media related to Shiloh National Military Park at Wikimedia Commons | |
Smith County Heritage Museum | Carthage | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Smith-Trahern Mansion | Clarksville | Middle | Historic house | Website | |
Smoky Mountain Car Museum | Pigeon Forge | East | Automobile | Website | |
Soda Museum | Springfield | Middle | Commodity | Website, displays soda cans and bottles, signs and memorabilia, open by appointment, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising | |
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum | Oak Ridge | East | Railroad | Media related to Southern Appalachia Railway Museum at Wikimedia Commons Working antique locomotives and rolling stock | |
Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame | Pigeon Forge | East | Hall of fame - Music | Located in Dollywood | |
Southern Museum and Galleries of Photography, Culture and History | McMinnville | East | Art | Website | |
Sparta Rock House | Sparta | Middle | Historic house | 19th-century toll house | |
Stax Museum of American Soul Music | Memphis | West | Music - Industry | Museum about Stax Records, a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles and more. Media related to Stax Museum of American Soul Music at Wikimedia Commons | |
Stones River National Battlefield | Murfreesboro | Middle | Military | Visitor center museum and tours of historic Civil War battlefield | |
Sumner County Museum | Gallatin | Middle | Local history | Website | |
Sun Studio | Memphis | West | Music - Industry | Historic recording studio where many famous artists made records. Media related to Sun Studio at Wikimedia Commons | |
Sweetwater Heritage Museum | Sweetwater | East | Local history | Information | |
Swift Aircraft Museum | Athens | East | Aviation | Website, Globe Swift aircraft | |
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park | Elizabethton | East | Multiple | Includes the reconstructed American Revolutionary War Fort Watauga, a visitor center with exhibits and the late-18th-century John and Landon Carter Mansion | |
Tennessee Agricultural Museum | Nashville | Middle | Open air | Website, collection of home and farm artifacts from the 19th century and early 20th century along with rural Tennessee prints and folk art sculptures | |
Tennessee Central Railway Museum | Nashville | Middle | Railroad | Historic trains, railroad artifacts and memorabilia | |
Tennessee Football Hall of Fame | Knoxville | East | Sports | Website, part of the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center at the University of Tennessee | |
Tennessee Museum of Aviation | Sevierville | East | Aviation | Website. Media related to Tennessee Museum of Aviation at Wikimedia Commons | |
Tennessee Museum of Early Farm Life | Spring Hill | Middle | Agriculture | Information | |
Tennessee Newspaper & Printing Museum | Rogersville | East | Media | Website | |
Tennessee River Folklife Museum | Eva | West | Culture | Located in Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Media related to Tennessee River Folklife Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm | Camden | West | Industry | Website, includes museum about freshwater pearls and the musseling industry, TN History for Kids article | |
Tennessee River Museum | Savannah | West | Local history | Website | |
Tennessee State Museum | Nashville | Middle | History | History of the state of Tennessee. Media related to Tennessee State Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum | Chattanooga | East | Railroad | Heritage railroad and equipment. Media related to Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Tipton County Museum | Covington | West | Local history | Website. Media related to Tipton County Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site | Johnson City | East | Historic house | 19th-century farm estate and outbuildings | |
Todd Gallery | Murfreesboro | Middle | Art | Website, part of Middle Tennessee State University | |
Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum | Nashville | Middle | Historic house | Life and work of John Overton, Overton Plantation, Nashville in the Civil War | |
Treasuring the Word Rare Bible & Book Museum | Sevierville | East | Religious | Website, history of the Bible’s progression into the English language | |
Trenton Teapot Museum | Trenton | West | Commodity - Teapot | Website | |
Tullahoma Fine Arts Center | Tullahoma | Middle | Art | Website, includes fine art gallery with changing exhibits | |
Unicoi County Heritage Museum | Erwin | East | Local history | Website | |
University of the South Art Gallery | Sewanee | Middle | Art | Website | |
Vanderbilt University Galleries | Nashville | Middle | Art | Website, part of Vanderbilt University | |
Veterans' Museum | Halls | West | Aviation | Located at the former Dyersburg Army Air Base, a training facility during World War II for B-17 pilots, now Arnold Field (Tennessee). Media related to Veterans' Museum at Wikimedia Commons | |
Vonore Heritage Museum | Vonore | East | Local history | Information | |
W. C. Handy Museum | Memphis | West | Historic house, music history | Operated by Heritage Tours, Memphis. Media related to W. C. Handy house at Wikimedia Commons | |
Warren County Heritage Center and Museum | McMinnville | East | Local history | Website | |
West Tennessee Agricultural Museum | Milan | West | Agriculture | Website, operated by the agricultural experiment station of the University of Tennessee, includes tools, equipment and displays of agriculture and agrarian life in West Tennessee | |
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center | Brownsville | West | Local history | Information, includes Cotton Museum, Music Museum and Hatchie River Museum | |
West Tennessee Cultural Heritage Museum | Jackson | West | Local history | Website | |
West Tennessee Regional Art Center | Humboldt | West | Art | Website | |
Willie Nelson General Store & Museum | Nashville | Middle | Biographical | Website, country musician Willie Nelson | |
Wings of Liberty Military Museum | Clarksville | Middle | Military | Website, planned public museum outside of Fort Campbell | |
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | Knoxville | East | Hall of fame - Sports | Honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball | |
Wyatt Archaeological Museum | Cornersville | Middle | Archaeology | Website, Noah's Ark theories and archaeological work done by Ron Wyatt | |
Wynnewood State Historic Area | Castalian Springs | Middle | Historic house | Early-19th-century log inn house |
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