List of museums in Tennessee

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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	Type	Other information
Adventure Science Center		Nashville	Science	Website, formerly Cumberland Science Museum
American Museum of Science and Energy		Oak Ridge	Science	Focus is on energy, especially nuclear power
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site		Greeneville	Historic house	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids
Art Museum of the University of Memphis		Memphis	Art	Website, includes Egyptian antiquities and West African artifacts
Athenaeum Rectory		Columbia	Historic building	Website
Bartlett Museum		Bartlett	History	Information
Beck Cultural Exchange Center		Knoxville	Ethnic - African American	Website
Belle Meade Plantation		Belle Meade	Historic house	Website
Belmont Mansion		Nashville	Historic house	Website
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art		Memphis	Art	Website
Biblical Resource Center & Museum		Collierville	Religious	Website
Blount Mansion		Knoxville	Historic house	Website
Buford Pusser Home and Museum		Adamsville	Historic house	Website
Burkle Estate		Memphis	Historic house	Information, also known as the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
Butler Museum		Butler	History	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids, story of town moved to higher ground to make way for Watauga Lake
Carbo's Police Museum		Pigeon Forge	Law enforcement	Website
Carl Van Vechten Gallery		Nashville	Art	Website
Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum		Jackson	Railroad	Website
Charles Hall Museum		Tellico Plains	History	Website
Chattanooga Regional History Museum		Chattanooga	History	Website
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art		Nashville	Art	Website, holdings include American art, American and British decorative arts, and contemporary art, including outdoor sculpture
Cherokee & David Crockett Museum & Cultural Center		Lawrenceburg	Ethnic - Native American	Website
Children's Museum of Memphis		Memphis	Children's	Website
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge		Oak Ridge	Children's	Website
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum		Memphis	Ethnic - Native American	Website, part of University of Memphis
Cold Spring School and Museum		Portland	History	Website
Cookeville Depot Museum		Cookeville	Railroad	Website
Cookeville History Museum		Cookeville	History	Website
Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park		Byrdstown	Historic house	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids
The Cotton Museum		Memphis	Industry - Cotton	Website, focus is the heritage of the cotton industry
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum		Nashville	Hall of fame - Music	Website
Cowan Railroad Museum		Cowan	Railroad	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids
Creative Discovery Museum		Chattanooga	Children's	Website
Crescent Bend		Knoxville	Historic house
Crockett Museum		Lawrenceburg	Biographical	Website
Crockett Tavern Museum		Morristown	Biographical	Website, site of the boyhood home of Davy Crockett, reconstruction of the 1790's John Crockett Tavern
Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum		Crossville	History	Website for Cumberland Mountain State Park, Article from Tennessee History for Kids, Cumberland Homesteads Information
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center		Clarksville	Multiple	Website, art, science, history museum, model trains
David Crockett Cabin and Museum		Lawrenceburg	Biographical
Davies Manor		Brunswick	Historic house	Website
Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park		Limestone		Website
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring		Murphreesboro	Nature center	Website
Dixon Gallery and Gardens		Memphis	Art	Website
Doak House Museum		Greeneville	Historic house	Website, part of Tusculum College
Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum		Clarksville	Aviation	Website, located within Fort Campbell, currently closed to outside visitors for security reasons
Dragon Dreams Museum and Gift Shop		Chattanooga	Commodity - Dragon-themed items	Website
Ducktown Basin Museum		Ducktown	Mining	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids
Dunlap Coke Ovens Park		Dunlap	Industry - Coke ovens	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids; 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	History	Website
East Tennessee Discovery Center		Knoxville	Science	Website
East Tennessee Historical Society Museum		Knoxville	History	Website
Englewood Textile Museum		Englewood	Industry - Textile	Local tourism information
Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture		Knoxville	Art	Website, part of University of Tennessee
Falls Mill		Belvidere	Mill	Website
Farragut Folklife Museum		Farragut	Cultural	Website
Fayetteville Lincoln County Museum and Civic Center		Fayetteville	History	Website
Fire Museum of Memphis		Memphis	Fire fighting	Website
Fort Loudoun		Vonore	Fort	Website
Freshwater Pearl Farm Museum		Camden	Industry - Pearls	Website, Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm
Frist Center for the Visual Arts		Nashville	Art	Website
Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place		Knoxville	Scouting	Website
Graceland		Memphis	Historic house	Website, home of Elvis Presley
Granville Museum		Granville	History	Website
Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center		Townsend	History, culture	Website
Green McAdoo Cultural Center		Clinton	Ethnic - African American	Website
Hands On! Regional Museum		Johnson City	Children's	Website
The Hermitage		Hermitage	Historic house	Website The home of U.S. President Andrew Jackson, near Nashville
Historic Collinsville		Southside	Living history	Website
Historic Rugby		Rugby	Historic houses	Website
Hunter Museum of American Art		Chattanooga	Art	Website
International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame		Jackson	Music - Rock-a-billy	Website
James K. Polk Ancestral Home		Columbia	Historic house	Website
James D. Vaughan Museum		Lawrenceburg	Music	Website
James White's Fort		Knoxville	Historic house	Website; president's home
Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum		Jonesborough	History	Website
Knoxville Museum of Art		Knoxville	Art	Website
L & N Train Station		Clarksville	Railroad	Website
Lane Motor Museum		Nashville	Transportation - Automobile	Website
Lichterman Nature Center		Memphis	Nature center	Website, part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum		Harrogate	Biographical	Website, on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University
Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum		Townsend	Railroad	Website
Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum		Collegedale	Archaeology	Website, part of Southern Adventist University
Lynnville Railroad Museum		Lynville	Railroad	Website
Mabry-Hazen House		Knoxville	Historic house	Website
Mansker's Station		Goodlettsville	Open air	Website
Marble Springs		Knoxville	Historic site	Website, home of John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee
McMinn County Living Heritage Museum		Athens	History	Website
Frank H. McClung Museum		Knoxville	Natural history / Archaeology	Website, part of University of Tennessee
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art		Memphis	Art	Website
Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum		Memphis	Music - Rock 'n' Roll	Website
Military Branch Museum		Nashville	Military	Website, branch of Tennessee State Museum
Mississippi River Museum		Memphis	History	Website
Mitchell Museum		South Jackson	History	Website
Moore County Old Jail Museum		Lynchburg	Prison	Website
Museum at Mountain Home		Johnson City	Medicine	Website
Museum Center at Five Points		Cleveland	History / Culture	Website
Museum of Appalachia		Norris	Living history	Website
Museum of Salt & Pepper Shakers		Gatlinburg	Commodity - Salt and pepper shakers	Website
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Depot and Railroad Museum		Jackson	Railroad	Website
National Bird Dog Museum		Grand Junction	Commodity - Bird dogs	Website, home to Bird Dog Foundation, includes National Retriever Museum, Field Trial Hall of Fame
National Civil Rights Museum		Memphis	History	Website, Article from Tennessee History for Kids
National Ornamental Metal Museum		Memphis	Decorative art	Website
Netherlands Inn House Museum		Kingsport	Historic house	Website
Oaklands Historic House Museum		Murfreesboro	Historic house	Website
Obion County Museum		Union City	History	Website
Old Jail Museum		Lawrenceburg	Prison	Information
Old Jail Museum		Winchester	Prison	Information
Paris-Henry County Heritage Center		Paris	History	Website
Parthenon		Nashville	Art	Website
Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium		Memphis	Multiple	Website, cultural and natural history of the Mid-South, part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums
Ralph J. Passarella Museum		Loretto	History	Information
Ramsey House		Knoxville	Historic house	Website
Reece Museum		Johnson City	Multiple	Website, part of East Tennessee State University, history & art
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum		Gatlinburg	Oddities	Website
Rippavilla Plantation		Spring Hill	Historic house	Website
Robertson County History Museum		Springfield	History	Website
Rocky Mount Museum		Piney Flats	Living history	Website
Roy Acuff Union Museum and Library		Maynardville	History	Website
Sam Davis Home		Smyrna	Historic house	Website
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum		Vonore	Ethnic - Native American	Website
Smith County Heritage Museum		Carthage	History	Website
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum		Oak Ridge	Railroad	Website
Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame		Pigeon Forge	Hall of fame - Music	Website, located in Dollywood
Stax Museum		Memphis	Music - Industry	Website
Sumner County Museum		Gallatin	History	Website
Sun Studio		Memphis	Music - Industry	Website
Tennessee Agricultural Museum		Nashville	Open air	Website, collection of home and farm artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries along with rural Tennessee prints and folk art sculptures
Tennessee Central Railway Museum		Nashville	Railroad	Website
Tennessee Museum of Aviation		Sevierville	Aviation	Website
Tennessee River Folklife Center		Eva	History	Website
Tennessee River Museum		Savannah	History	Website
Tennessee State Museum		Nashville	History	Website
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum		Chattanooga	Railroad	Website
Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum		Nashville	Historic house	Website
Trenton Teapot Museum		Trenton	Commodity - Teapot	Website
University of the South Art Gallery		Sewanee	Art	Website
Veteran's Museum		Halls	Aviation	Website, located at the former Dyersburg Army Air Base, a training facility during World War II for B-17 pilots, now Arnold Field (Tennessee)
West Tennessee Regional Art Center		Humboldt	Art	Website
Wings of Liberty Military Museum		Clarksville	Military	Website, planned public museum outside of Fort Campbell
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame		Knoxville	Hall of fame - Sports	Website

[edit] External links

• Tennessee Association of Museums
• Tennessee Museums at the Open Directory Project
• Tennessee History for Kids

[edit] See also

• Arboreta in Tennessee (category)
• Aquaria in Tennessee (category)
• Botanical gardens in Tennessee (category)
• Historic landmarks in Tennessee
• Houses in Tennessee (category)
• Forts in Tennessee (category)
• Museums list
• Nature Centers in Tennessee
• Observatories in Tennessee (category)
• Registered Historic Places in Tennessee

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