Christ in the Smokies Museum & Gardens in Gatlinburg, TN

Definitely an attraction you should take in! Very impressive and so very moving! A humbling experience.

We love this place. We go almost every year. It is definitely a landmark and I hope they continue to do well.

Very well narrated and presented. Coupons available. Beautiful. Free parking. Very friendly staff and a large gift shop.

This was a nice quiet walk, view, and listen to the Jesus story. We enjoyed it very much. The wax figures are impressive!

Being honest here, we weren’t exactly blown away with the Christ In The Smokies Museum. Each scene is a scenario in the life of Jesus and features a brief audio narration. You are told NOT to move ahead as the lights will only come on after the previous scene is complete. While the scenes are presented well for the most part (his ascension into heaven though was quite tacky in my opinion), I had to question why each figure if Jesus looked different. It was quite jarring sometimes walking between scenes and seeing Jesus look completely different than he did in the previous room. And some of the supporting figures in the scenes really did look like a person-shaped candle (very waxy). The Gardens portion features the “world famous” Christ statue which has eyes that follow you wherever you go. They make it seem like it’s something amazing and one of a kind, but haunted houses and Halloween attractions have been using the same effect for years. And that is another issue I had with the museum. It was extremely dark inside. I kept waiting for Satan to jump scare me or something. It really did seem more like a haunted house than a religious museum. Remember, this is just my opinion. Not trying to be blasphemous or anything. I just expected better based on all of the stellar reviews I saw here. On the plus side, parking is free if you visit the museum!