Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, Tennessee  
 

School Field Trips

AVAILABLE ACTIVITIES for school groups

  • Open Hearth Cooking
    (must have a group of at least 50 people)
  • Butter Making
  • Historic Pioneer Games
  • Coiled Pottery*
  • Native American Games
  • Atlatl Demonstrations*
  • Guided tours of our Native American, Pioneer, and Transportation Galleries, and our 
    Historic Village 
  • Pioneer toy making
  • Coming soon:  Build a Mountain Home
  • Coming soon:  Discover and uncover "artifacts" in our archaeological dig site

* Group size is limited.

THINGS TO REMEMBER
  • Group rate is $3 per person.
  • Field trips for schools located inside Blount County are FREE to students!
  • Admission for parent chaperones is $3.
  • Facilities are available for lunch.
  • We need 2 weeks notice prior to your date of visit.
  • Please have students divided into groups before you arrive. We will discuss group size together.

Museum Rules
1) No food or drink in Galleries.
2) No gum anywhere on the premises.
3) No flash photography inside the Galleries.


Museum Hours:

Mon:  Closed
Tues-Sat:  10 am - 5 pm
Sun:  1 pm - 5 pm 

Contact:
Katherine Prince
Curator
Phone: 865-448-0044
Email:  kathy.gsmhc@yahoo.com