What's New and Exciting at the Museum

The Museum will close for the winter on October 31st.  We will be open by appointment only until April 2010.

Our Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary walks will conclude with the October 24th walks.  The Townsend walk will take place at 9 AM.  There will be no Tremont walk on the 24th.

Saturday September 26th is Railroad Days at the Museum which is part of "Townsend Days" Fall Celebration running from September 25 thru 27.  We will have our 4th Saturday walks (described below) as well as hand car rides and other attractions.  Join us for a day of fun.

Because of Labor Day being late this year, the Museum will be open the first week of September, maintaining our normal weekday hours through Labor Day (September 7th).  We will then resume our normal operating schedule - weekends only in September.  We will be open every day in October.

As part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary, we will have walking tours of Tremont and Townsend.  Starting on January 24th, we will conduct the walks on the fourth Saturday of each month.  These walks will start at the Museum and last 1 to 1 1/2 hours.  The walks will be about 1/2 to 3/4 miles each.  The Townsend Tour starts at 9 AM.  The Tremont walk starts at 10:30 AM and will carpool from the Museum to the Tremont area. 

Make a Donation online.  Go [HERE] to do it.

Add or renew your Museum membership online.  Go [HERE] to do it.

The new roadside sign has been erected with the carving of the Shay log train to be installed when complete.  See it [HERE]

Photos from 2009 Annual Meeting can be seen [HERE]

Updated outdoor Museum pictures on 03/21/09.

2009 Issue of The Semaphore (PDF Format)

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