They Sang What They Lived: The Story of Carl and Pearl Butler is the first retrospective exhibition of Carl and Pearl Butler, the iconic country music duo whose timeless lyrics and harmonious melodies left an indelible mark on country music. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of East Tennessee History and opens to the public on...
Past Exhibits
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The Story of Carl & Pearl ButlerOctober 7, 2023 - 9:00am to August 18, 2024 - 5:00pm -
From Erzgebirge, Germany, to Wartburg, TennesseeDecember 1, 2023 - 4:00am to January 10, 2024 - 6:00pmA Family's Christmas TraditionCharles Gottlieb Ficke/Fickey and wife Ernestine Augusta Auerswald, through whom the crèche (above) and Christmas carousel (right) descended, immigrated to the United States from the Saxony region of Germany in 1883. Accompanying them were their sons Ernest, 15, and Theodore, 10.
An...
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November 19, 2022 - 4:00am to September 3, 2023 - 5:00pmOur relationship to moving images is constantly evolving. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, for example, our use of–and reliance on–streaming services to access Hollywood blockbusters not only changed how we watch movies but also disrupted traditional models for financing and distributing such productions.
How did our relationship with...
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Free Admission into Museum with Donation of Food or Personal Hygiene ItemNovember 5, 2022 - 5:00am to January 17, 2023 - 11:00amA special exhibit at the Museum of East Tennessee History through January 17 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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The 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World's FairMarch 19, 2022 - 5:00am to October 9, 2022 - 12:00pm“We live our dreams. We make them come true. Our ideas and energies combine in a dynamic force–the kind of force that made the developments and breakthroughs and discoveries in this building possible.”
–President Ronald Reagan, dedication of the US Pavilion, 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee
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East Tennessee Remembers 9/11September 1, 2022 - 4:00am to September 30, 2022 - 12:00pmFollowing the events of September 11, 2001, East Tennesseans contributed more than $940,000 to purchase and equip a 95-foot tower ladder truck for Harlem-based Ladder Company 14, helping the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) replenish the largest vehicles in the city's firefighting fleet. The so-called “Freedom Engine,” built by Seagrave...
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Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker BushApril 21, 2022 - 3:00pmThe East Tennessee Historical Society & Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law with presenting sponsors KaTom Restaurant Supply, Ihop, & The Honorable Bill and Chrissy Haslam invite you to attend A Historic Evening with Jon Meacham
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April 23, 2021 - 4:00am to January 30, 2022 - 12:00pm“There are two ways of understanding portraiture–either as history or as fiction.”–Charles Baudelaire, 1846
Portraits were the “social media posts” of the American colonial and antebellum periods.
Today, social media allows users to not only visually document and share life’s moments but also curate how...
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