Giving Tuesday 2024

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 […]

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 […]

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

Great Smoky Mountain Fiber Fair

Great Smoky Mountain Fiber Fair Friday and Saturday | April 25-26 | From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day Discover a new craft, skill, or hobby! Join us for […]

Kids Take Over the Museum

The 3rd Annual Kids Take Over the Museum will provide kids of all ages with hands-on activities that are rooted in rich Appalachian history.   There will  be no shortage […]

Composite of various images at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center