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Relics on display include items owned by several notable or colorful Appalachian natives and thousands of tools detailing all aspects of rural life in Southern Appalachia. [2] The museum's grounds mimic a working pioneer Appalachian farm, with gardens growing typical crops and animals such as goats, chickens, turkeys, and peacocks roaming the ...
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.
Tennessee Fall Homecoming is the popular fall (autumn) festival of the Museum of Appalachia, a four-day event held annually on the second full weekend of October. Homecoming features continuous performances on five different stages of traditional music ranging from gospel to bluegrass for the duration of the event.
Oak Ridge FCU brings Summer Sessions to Yee-Haw Brewing and the Museum of Appalachia because of construction in Bissell Park. Free bluegrass/Americana concert is Aug. 24, part of credit union's ...
John Rice Irwin (December 11, 1930 – January 16, 2022) was an American cultural historian, and founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee.. His interest in history began at an early age, and was inspired by his grandparents to start a museum.
[41] [42] The Museum of Appalachia hosts the Tennessee Fall Homecoming each October. The four-day event has featured headliners such as Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Janette Carter, and Rhonda Vincent. The Kingsport "Fun Fest" is held each July, and has included Charlie Daniels, as well as The Newsboys, among others.
Battery Gunnison, a US Army Coast Artillery Battery at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, is being restored to its 1943 configuration by the Army Ground Forces Association, a non-profit living history organization, and is open for tours throughout the year.
Museum of Appalachia President Lindsey Meyer Gallaher, the late founder John Rice Irwin's granddaughter, speaks during a celebration of the life of Alex Haley for the Heroes of Southern Appalachia ...