McClung Museum of Natural History


On the campus of UT, this small natural-history museum is a good rainy-day distraction for families. You'll find dinosaur bones from Tennessee in the Geology & Fossil History of Tennessee Gallery (as well as dinosaur eggs from China, contrary to the gallery name). Artifacts related to Egyptian burials are showcased in the Ancient Egypt Gallery.

Downstairs, a detailed time line, supplemented with artifacts, traces the Battle of Fort Sanders, a Civil War battle in Knoxville. There's not much anyone could do to jazz up the Tennessee Freshwater Mussels collection – but it's there if mussels are your jam.


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