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Tennessee State Museum

Three Stars. Thousands of Stories. Plan Your Visit

Hours

Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for more information about visiting the Museum.

Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m

The Museum is closed on New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Admission to the Museum is free.

Learn More and Plan Your Visit

How to Get Here

Directions, Parking, Public Transit, Walking and Biking Info

Parking Info

Exhibitions

Explore our Permanent and Temporary Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Painting the Smokies: Art, Community and the Making of a National Park

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The Civil War and Reconstruction

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In Search of the New: Art in Tennessee After 1900

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Tennessee Transforms

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Tennessee Time Tunnel

View Exhibit

Featured Events

13
Aug
TN Writers | TN Stories: I'll Take You The...

10:30AM - 12:00PM

13
Aug
Tennessee Storytime: Pine and Boof: The Lu...

10:30AM - 11:00AM

20
Aug
Tennessee Storytime: We’re Going on a Lion...

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Thousands of Stories

Our blog goes beyond our galleries to tell even more Tennessee stories.

View Stories

Watch Videos

Missed a Museum event or want to learn more about Tennessee history? Catch up on lectures, Storytime book readings, short documentaries and more with our new video library.

Watch Videos
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Search our Collection

You can now search a limited number of items both on display and currently in storage via our new online search portal. 

Search our Collection
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