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Event Schedule

For information on groups of 20 or more please contact
Jane Kirk or Kate Campbell at (865) 494-7680
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Event Date(s) Time Activities Members
Sheep Shearing April 26 10am - 2pm

Quilting, weaving, & spinning demonstrations, blacksmithing and sawmilling, Porch Pickers will be playing on the grounds.

Free to members
The Barn Dance May 17
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6pm - 10pm

Dinner, dancing, music, live & silent auctions.

$75.00
Per Person

July 4th Celebration & Anvil Shoot July 4th 9am - 6pm

Anvil shoot, southern appalachian music, demonstrations throughout the village

Free to members
Days of the Pioneer Antique Show September 13 & 14
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9am - 6pm

This show will feature over sixty (60) of the finest selection of 18th & 19th century Antique Dealers

Discounted tickets for members
Student Heritage Day October 10 9am - 4pm

The Museum of Appalachia's Heritage Day is a history lesson, well disguised as good old-fashion fun. Children learn, through hands-on experience, about life in the old days.

Discounted tickets for members
Tennessee Fall Homecoming October 11-13
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9am - 6pm

The Tennessee Fall Homecoming is a mecca for lovers of old-time music, mountain tunes, bluegrass, Gospel, folk, and old country.

And its much more than music. The Museums mission is to preserve the Appalachian heritage for future generations hence the demonstrations of old-time skills like molasses-making, rail-splitting, quilting, and much more.

Discounted tickets for members
Christmas in Old Appalachia

December 7-24

9am - 6pm

The simple joys of an old-fashioned Christmas awaits Museum of Appalachia visitors. Cabins will be decorated in pioneer style, recalling times past when Christmas was a simple family holiday including cedar Christmas trees draped with paper chains, popcorn strings, sweet gum and sycamore balls.

Special holiday exhibits include the Children's Display in the Hall of Fame, with toys and furniture made by loving parents and grandparents; and Granny Irwin's traditional Christmas Crazy Quilt.

Free to members




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