Special Events

Fundraising events and other special programs are occasionally planned throughout the year.

Previous Special Events

First Friday: James Agee's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915"

@ East Tennessee History Center

September 4, 2015 - 1:00pm to September 5, 2015 - 3:45pm

"We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.” So begins the famous short piece entitled “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” by James Agee. This year marks the centennial of his reminisced summer of 1915.

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We are a Blue Star Museum!

May 26, 2014 - 4:00pm to September 1, 2014 - 11:00am

For the fourth year, the East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) is pleased to announce its participation in Blue Star Museums to offer FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their immediate families, as well as National Guard and Reserves, from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2014. ...