History
Browse the universe of art, sculpture, design. Soak up local history. Appreciate handmade craft. Marvel at ancient artifacts. Gain insight into the culture of our state's inhabitants. Peruse original collections. Discover the Secret City. Get a charge from the excitement in Tennessee museums!
Oaklands Historic House Museum
An elegant mansion caught in the crossfire of the Civil War – This nationally registered, historic landmark reflects a time of prosperity in the Old South, as well as the hardships suffered during the Civil War. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Murfreesboro, TN
Phone: 615-893-0022
Obion County Museum
History museum featuring furnished log cabin and one-room schoolhouse. Changing displays of local history and general interest, also local artists. ...more
Region: Northwest
City: Union City, TN
Phone: 731-885-6774
Overton County Heritage Museum
Renovated jail tells the story of Overton County from early explorers to present. WPA/CCC projects of the 1930s, African-American section, Alpine Institute pictures and artifacts, one room devoted to schools, Civil War and military. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Livingston, TN
Phone: 931-403-0909
Paris Henry County Heritage Center
The Heritage Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the history of Paris and Henry County, Tennessee.
Anyone can be a member of the Heritage Center. ...more
Paris Historic Downtown
Unique shops and cafes surround one of the oldest courthouses in Tennessee with antique stores and walking tours of the historic downtown area. ...more
Pioneer Hall Museum
Built between the years of 1887 and 1889, Pioneer Hall
housed the first dormitory for the Pleasant Hill Academy, a mission school established in the 1884 to educate “mountain boys and
girls in Christian education. ” So important was Pioneer Hall, it was the first building in the county to be placed on the National Historic Register. ...more
Region: Middle Tennessee
City: Pleasant Hill, TN
Phone: 931-277-5313
Promised Land Trail
The Promised Land Trail is waiting for you: discover the fertile land that beckoned Tennessee’s first settlers from Northeast Tennessee, over the Cumberland Plateau, into Nashville and beyond.
Along the first road into Tennessee, the Avery Trace, as well as the historic Walton Road that ran parallel to Highway 70, many believed they would reach a “promised land” at the end of the journey, as many were seeking lands they were granted from service to the new country. ...more
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Ramsey House Plantation
Experience life on America's frontier in the 1797 house with acreage, exhibits and heirloom garden. Once considered "the most costly and most admired house in Tennessee,"it is one of the few surviving houses designed by Tennessee's first formally trained architect, Thomas Hope. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Knoxville, TN
Phone: (865) 546-0745
Ring of Fire Trail
The Ring of Fire Trail is waiting for you: a trail of music, history and landscape that will capture your soul like a heart-wrenching country ballad. You can almost hear the music as you drive through the lush Tennessee landscape dotted with wineries, small towns, farms and villages. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
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Roane County Museum of History & Art
Housed in one of seven remaining antebellum courthouses in Tennessee, the museum showcases artifacts and displays of Roane County and Tennessee history. It also contains a genealogical and historical library. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Kingston, TN
Phone: 865-376-9211
Rocky Mount Museum
Built between 1770 - 1772. Interpreters portray life when Rocky Mount served as capital of the Southwest Territory. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Piney Flats, TN
Phone: 423-538-7396
Sam Davis Museum
Self-guided tour of sites relating to the capture and hanging of the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy. " From public square monument to site of execution. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Pulaski, TN
Phone: 931-424-4044
Screaming Eagle Trail
The Screaming Eagle Trail is waiting for you: filled with outdoor adventure, lip smackin’ barbecue, military lore and country music must-sees. Start your journey on a musical note at Nashville’s famed Bluebird Café. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
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Sevier County Heritage Museum
Museum of local history from Woodland Indian artifacts to early settlers and implements they used on the farm. Other exhibits highlight education and tributes to local Veterans from the Civil War through Korea. ...more
Region: Smoky Mountains
City: Sevierville, TN
Phone: 865-453-4058
