Giving Tuesday 2024

Maker Mondays

Join us for a fun dive into nature crafts! Master how to make a nature journal using simple materials and let your creativity shine. Learn with step-by-step instruction to make […]

Maker Mondays

This Maker Monday will focus on tie-dying! Bring your own tshirt or use a provided bandana. All ages welcome. Messy! Wear clothes you don’t mind getting stained or dirty.  Please email […]

$10

Music for Seniors

We are partnering up with Music for Seniors to have an intergenerational music event. Including an instrument petting zoo, opportunities for hands on instruction, and a low impact square dance […]

Smoky Mountain Storytellers

Join the members of the Smoky Mountains Storytellers Association. Nestled amidst the captivating backdrop of the Smoky Mountains, the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association is a vibrant collective of individuals deeply […]

Free

Blue Ribbon Country Fair

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center 123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend, Tennessee

Applications are now available! Click here to Enter and for more information! Join us for a fall celebration in the tradition of old-time county fairs with all-around family fun for […]

$20

Tastes of the Smokies

Tastes of the Smokies features more than a dozen local eateries onsite, cocktails, living history, and live music .  Mingle with living history demonstrators while you relax in the Appalachian […]

Smoky Mountain Storytellers

Join the members of the Smoky Mountains Storytellers Association. Nestled amidst the captivating backdrop of the Smoky Mountains, the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association is a vibrant collective of individuals deeply […]

Free

Holiday Handcrafters Festival

Mark your calendars and prepare to immerse yourself in a delightful display of creativity at the Heritage Center for our annual Holiday Handcrafters Festival! This beloved event is more than […]

Free

Giving Tuesday 2024

Give to the GSM Heritage Center on Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2024 "Do good on the largest possible scale." - Isaac Anderson, Founder, Maryville College If you are looking for something […]

Winter Heritage Festival

Join us as we step back in time for the annual Winter Heritage Festival at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center.  You’ll experience hands on demonstrations, practice pioneer survival skills […]

Junior Appalachian Musicians Registration

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is excited to announce the continuation of our JAM Program for the Spring of 2025. JAM seeks to preserve our important mountain music heritage […]

$180
Composite of various images at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center