The marble industry was once an important sector of East Tennessee’s economy. By the mid-1850s, East Tennessee marble from Knox County had been chosen for the interiors of the Tennessee...
Past Exhibits
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East Tennessee's Marble IndustryNovember 19, 2016 - 10:00am to May 14, 2017 - 5:00pmEast Tennessee marble is prized the world over. Come explore the industry that launched the rock's fame and crowned Knoxville as the Marble City! -
@ East Tennessee History CenterNovember 19, 2016 - 10:00am to January 16, 2017 - 4:00pmA special exhibit at the Museum of East Tennessee History through January 16 will remember the legendary life and legacy of Waymon Earl Terrell (1950-2015). Earl was well known to the Powell community, where he was regularly seen riding his bicycle and pulling a cart along the busy thoroughfares of Clinton Highway and Emory Road, his dogs often...
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Knoxville's Contributions to American Popular MusicApril 16, 2016 - 10:00am to October 30, 2016 - 5:00pmIn 1929 and again in 1930, Brunswick Records' Vocalion label set up a temporary recording studio at the St. James Hotel in downtown Knoxville and invited locals to come make records. These old-time, jazz, blues, and gospel recordings added Knoxville's voice to American popular music and inspired the next generation of country music stars. In an...
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August 1, 2016 - 9:00am to August 7, 2016 - 5:00pmThe East Tennessee Historical Society is pleased to partner with East Tennessee PBS and the Beck Cultural Exchange Center to commemorate the 8th of August as the date traditionally observed as the day on which Andrew Johnson freed his slaves. Although President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, it did not apply to...
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Lloyd Branson, 1853-1925November 7, 2015 - 10:00am to March 20, 2016 - 5:00pmNative genius. Boy artist. These and other descriptors were often applied to Lloyd Branson, who grew from a precocious sketcher on his family’s East Tennessee farm to an accomplished artist best known for portraits of Southern politicians and depictions of early Tennessee history. For the first time, Branson is the subject...
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Works from Life and TravelsJanuary 25, 2016 - 9:00am to March 2, 2016 - 4:00pmEdward S. Albers, Jr. was born August 2, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is widely known as “Bud.” Growing up, he enjoyed his father’s workshop tools and his drawing board, triangles, T-square, and pencils to freehand drawing trains and planes. Encouraged by an excellent grammar school teacher Mary Dowell, he studied the techniques of...
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Manufacturing MilestonesOctober 4, 2014 - 9:00am to April 4, 2015 - 5:00pmToday’s Tennesseans, while not totally abandoning their agricultural heritage, have moved into an age of advanced technology and global competition symbolized by electronics, chemical production, and automobile manufacturing. Tennesseans may wear cowboy hats and listen to the Grand Ole Opry, but at work they...
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Voices from Children's LiteratureJune 16, 2014 - 9:00am to September 14, 2014 - 5:00pmWalk through the pages of your favorite storybook in this groundbreaking exhibit on Appalachian children's literature.Sporting life-size characters from Appalachian children's books, this exhibit looks at the seminal titles from the late 1800s through the modern story of Appalachia. You'll feel like you're walking through the pages...
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