Museums in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

An award-winning and top-rated aquarium in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Ripley’s® Aquarium of the Smokies offers a variety of interactive experiences and exhibits that showcase the many thousands of exotic sea creatures that call this venue home. Guests can touch real stingrays, travel along a 340-foot moving glidepath beneath a sea of sharks, paint a piece of artwork with penguins, and much more. Details

Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee features over 400 artifacts throughout 20 different galleries. You'll see the first-class suite, music gallery, bridge, try to shovel coal into the furnace, get into a lifeboat, and see the world's largest Titanic LEGO Ship built by a 10-year-old with autism. Only place in the world you can walk the actual Grand Staircase built from the Titanic blue prints. You'll enter as a guest and leave as a Titanic passenger. Details

The Hollywood Wax Museum in the Smoky Mountains gives guests the opportunity to rub elbows with their favorite A-listers. This classic star-studded attraction lets you take pictures & selfies with celebrities and be part of the Hollywood scene! Learn all about their pet peeves, accomplishments, and charity work. It is also home to Outbreak, Castle of Chaos 5D Adventure and Hannah’s Maze of Mirrors. Details

Guests of Ripley’s® Believe It or Not! Odditorium can explore the venue’s fascinating 12,500-square-foot museum, showcasing 13 huge galleries with more than 500 bizarre artifacts from around the globe. From an eight-legged buffalo and a shrunken human head, to a two-headed calf and more, this strange and intriguing attraction is ideal for visitors of all ages to experience. Details

Conveniently located across from the Titanic Museum and Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Show on the Pigeon Forge Parkway, the Beyond the Lens Family Fun Museum showcases the best of pop culture! Explore hands-on exhibits like Dance With Your Favorite Celebrity, participate in Celebrity Gossip Game, watch Breaking News, and immerse yourself in Social Media. Details

Completed in 1895, George Vanderbilt’s 250-room chateau is as impressive today as it was more than a century ago. Biltmore House is truly a wonder of architecture and hospitality. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the house, as well as the 8,000 acre backyard of beautiful gardens and grounds surrounding it, designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. It is truly a magnificent site! Details

With more than 35,000 square feet of exciting and educational entertainment, WonderWorks is a kid-friendly indoor amusement park that’s ranked one of the top things to do in Pigeon Forge. The popular attraction offers more than 100 interactive exhibits and activities that inspire imagination, logic, and creativity, and include a glow-in-the-dark indoor ropes course, a laser tag arena, and more. Details

Discover the history of American crime at Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge — if you dare! This expansive museum features artifacts from notorious crimes, criminals, and prisons such as Alcatraz. Featuring five hands-on galleries, guests can learn about everything from crime scene investigation to crime in pop culture. From mugshots to forensic science, this crime museum has it all. Details

Take a trip through some of the most famous movies and TV shows of the last 50 years at the Hollywood Star Cars Museum! It features over 40 of the best Hollywood movie & TV cars in recreated settings displayed with sound, lights, and action! The newest exhibits are from the blockbuster-hit movies Gone in 60 Seconds, Charlie’s Angels, The Fast and the Furious, and Back to the Future! Details

Located in the center of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens is one of the nation's foremost inspirational attractions. Enjoy the experience of walking through a Biblical world of 2000 years ago! The Museum features incredibly lifelike scenes telling the Story of Christ by utilizing life size figures, dramatic lighting, music and special effects! Fun for the whole family! Details

See the amazing Guinness Book of World Records come to life through incredible displays, cool interactive games, trivia, themed galleries and new videos! Compare your height to the Tallest Man, test your skills, take the challenge and attempt to break a World Record! Hundreds of unbelievable exhibits and authentic memorabilia from celebrity record-holders like Elvis, The Beatles and much more! Details