Monsters at the Museum

A Celebration of Spooky East Tennessee History

Where:

East Tennessee History Center

When:

Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 10:00am to 3:00pm

The East Tennessee Historical Society invites you and your family to Monsters at the Museum. This fun event will feature a variety of Halloween-themed children’s crafts, story times, and walking tours. Fill your treat bags while trick-or-treating in the Voices of the Land gallery and learn about Halloween histories and eerie Victorian mourning customs. This event is free for the entire family!

Schedule of Events

10:00-3:00 Gallery Trick-or-Treat (Voices of the Land gallery)
10:00-3:00 Halloween-themed Crafts (Auditorium)
10:00 Walking Tour (leave from ETHC front porch)
- Beasties, Bogles, and Creepy Creatures: Everyone knows about the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot, but East Tennessee has its own legendary creatures, shapeshifters and cryptids that haunted the hills since before the frontier days. Take a walk with Laura Still of Knoxville Walking Tours to hear stories of these mountain monsters, and where to look for them today.
10:30 Story Time (History Headquarters)
11:00 Costume Contest (Auditorium)
- Compete in one or more of the following categories: best history-inspired costume, scariest costume, best group costume, and best book/movie-inspired costume.
- Pre-register for the costume contest:
  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UJ-BxDm_wU6CouYmTy9zi_h6YY6zugxMrFBMAJq66RdUNk1BODVCV0ZQTjFJWkRIRFpGWkRDUkdaVS4u
  (Pre-registration is recommended but not required)
1:00 Costume Contest (Auditorium)
2:00 Story Time (History Headquarters)