Museums in Tennessee
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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233 museums are published in Tennessee. The list below holds the 118 best-documented.
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame
- Tennessee State Museum
- Memphis Children's Museum
- The Metal MuseumBuilt 1979
- Belle Meade Plantation
- Sun StudioNational Register
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum
- Knoxville Museum of Art
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- Chasing Rainbows Museum
- Pinson Mounds Museum and Visitor CenterNational Register
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Mabry-Hazen House
- Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace
- Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
- Carter House
- Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
- Brooks Museum of Art
- Customs House MuseumBuilt 1898 · National Register
- Blount MansionNational Register
- Historic Collinsville
- Woodruff-Fontaine House
- George Jones Museum
- East Tennessee History Center
- Tennessee Agricultural Museum
- Mallory-Neely House
- American Museum of Science and Energy
- The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
- Museum Center at 5ive Points
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum
- Memphis Rock 'N Soul Museum
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum
- Carnton Plantation
- Lane Motor Museum
- Discovery Center
- Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum
- Frist Art Museum
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum
- Rattle and SnapNational Register
- Museum of Appalachia
- RCA Studio B
- Wynnewood State Historical SiteNational Register
- Polk HomeNational Register
- Blues Hall of Fame
- Musicians Hall of Fame
- The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe
- Rock Castle
- Magevney House
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
- Tennessee Central Railway Museum
- Ochs Memorial Museum
- Stax Museum
- McLemore House
- Adventure Science Center
- Chucalissa Museum
- Fire Museum of Memphis
- Creative Discovery Museum
- McClung Museum
- Lewis County Museum
- Old Jail
- City Garage Car Museum
- Louisville & Nashville Historical Society
- Houston Museum of Decorative Arts
- Casey Jones Museum
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit
- Elvis Automobile Museum
- Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation
- White House Inn Museum
- First House In Blaine
- Graceland Mansion
- Depot Museum
- Carmichael Inn Museum
- Cold Springs Museum
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
- L&N Depot Museum
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum
- Grainger County Historical Archives
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex
- Cooter's
- As The River Flows
- Hancock County Welcome Center
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
- Lodge Museum of Cast Iron
- Morton Museum of Collierville HistoryBuilt 1873
- Cooter's Place
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum
- K-25 History Center
- Pumphouse museum
- Bean Station History Museum
- Johnny Cash Museum
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
- Coke Oven Museum
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum
- Museum of Christian and Gospel Music
- Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum - Grand Junction
- Wyatt Archaeological Museum
- Cowan Railroad Museum
- National Museum of African American Music
- Lotz House Museum
- The Muse Knoxville
- The Muse Knoxville
- Southern Railway Historical Assoc
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center
- Discovery Center
- Croft House
- Morton Museum of Collierville History
- Magnolia Place Liberty Hall
- Geodesic Dome