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Blount Mansion
200 West Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-525-2375 https://www.blountmansion.org/
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Opened in 1926, Blount Mansion, a National Historic Landmark, is Knoxville's oldest operating museum. Once a home to U. S. Constitution signer William Blount, much of the Tennessee Constitution was drafted there. The frame and clapboard house, with its shingled, gabled roof, would have been unusual when it was built in 1792. The mansion contains many period artifacts and furnishings, including some personal correspondence. Adjacent to the Mansion is another historic home—the Craighead-Jackson House, a three-story brick Federalist structure built around 1818. The buildings are surrounded by the only public garden in downtown Knoxville, its design based on styles prevalent in 18th century. Check the website for tour details.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Free admission for up to two (2) adults and four (4) children.
Please bring your printed or downloaded pass, and photo ID to redeem your pass.
Historic Westwood
3425 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-523-8008 https://www.knoxheritage.org/westwood/
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Westwood is the historic home, studio, and gallery of artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz. Visits are by tour of the Queen Anne style house, with its collection of work by local artists, frescoes by Lutz and a fellow artist, slag lamps, period furnishings and family memorabilia. Among the important architectural features is the artist's large studio with its fireplace, a cathedral ceiling and skylights in which the artist often hosted the Nicholson Art League as one of the founding members. Check the website for tour details.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Each pass is redeemable for one (1) admission. Patrons may check this pass out up to two (2) times per month.
Please bring the printed pass to redeem your pass.
Knoxville Children's Theatre
109 East Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
865-208-3677 https://www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com/
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The Knoxville Children's Theatre is a theatre company in Knoxville, TN, producing professional plays for children, with children as the actors. The plays, which change almost every month, tend to be adaptions of familiar stories.
Categories: Children, Family, Music, Dance, Theatre
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This voucher provides free child admission with the purchase of an adult ticket to a Knoxville Children's Theater production. Limit varies for each show, please see below. Must be in kindergarten through grade 12. Please consult grade level recommendations for each show. Excludes musicals. Some restrictions apply.
Library cardholders may make up to one reservation per Knoxville Children's Theater production; subject to availability. (Must contact box office in advance of performance date to redeem ticket; please see Loan Instructions for details.)
Magic Treehouse: Dinos Before Dark (2 free child admissions with the purchase of an adult ticket)
Thursday, September 26, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 28, 5:00 PM
Beowulf The First Avenger (2 free child admissions with the purchase of an adult ticket)
Friday, October 25, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 26, 1:00 PM or 5:00 PM
Sunday, October 27, 3:00 PM
Thursday, October 31, 7:00 PM
Friday, November 1, 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 2, 1:00 PM or 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 3, 3:00 PM
Thursday, November 7, 7:00 PM
Friday, November 8, 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 9, 1:00 PM or 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 10, 3:00 PM
Knoxville Museum of Art
1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916
865-525-6101 https://www.knoxart.org/
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In March 1990, the Knoxville Museum of Art opened in its current 53,200 square-foot facility on the site of the 1982 World's Fair, which includes five galleries and two large gardens. Its focus has evolved to a focus on the culture—both old and new—of the Southern Appalachians. A permanent exhibition of works from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth century throws a light on the visual arts of Knoxville and the region. This is supplemented by a host of changing exhibitions which occasionally include contemporary artists from outside the area. There is a museum shop on the premises. The museum is fully accessible to persons using wheelchairs, which are available for loan at the museum information desk. Accommodations for persons with other disabilities may be requested by contacting the museum at 865-525-6101.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Passes allow visitors to join a Docent Guided Tour on the second Sunday of every month at 2:00 pm. Follow a trained docent educator through the galleries to learn more about the KMA collection and temporary exhibitions. Tours are 60 minutes; meet at the front desk at 1:55 pm to join the tour.
Founded in 1978, Knoxville Opera puts on professional productions of classic and new operas at various venues in the area, such as the Tennessee Theatre, the Bijou Theatre, and the Civic Auditorium.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
The Explorer Pass provides two free tickets.
Library cardholders may make up to one reservation per Knoxville Opera production; subject to availability. Explorer Pass holders must contact box office by the Wednesday before the event to redeem ticket (M-F, 9:00am - 5:30pm); please see Loan instructions for details.
2024-2025 Schedule:
The Pirates of Penzance
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:30 pm (Tennessee Theatre)
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:30 pm (Tennessee Theatre)
La bohème
Friday, January 31, 2025 at 7:30 pm (Tennessee Theatre)
Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 2:30 pm (Tennessee Theatre)
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Knoxville, TN
865-291-3310 https://www.knoxvillesymphony.com/
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Established in 1935, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is the oldest continuously operating orchestra in the southeastern United States. Their regular schedule finds them giving concerts in various locations around their home city of Knoxville, TN. Like many orchestras, their repertoire ranges from classical music in its many forms to orchestral pop.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This voucher provides free child admission with the purchase of an adult ticket to a KSO MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks or Chamber Classics Series concert. Limit 3 children per one paying adult. Must be in kindergarten through grade 12. Some restrictions apply.
Cardholders may make up to one reservation per KSO performance; subject to availability. (Must contact box office to redeem ticket; please see Loan Instructions for details.)
2024-2025 Schedule:
Sept. 19-20, 2024 at 7:30 pm: Beethoven & Gershwin (Tennessee Theatre)
Sept. 29, 2024 at 2:30 pm: Beethoven Symphony No. 4 (Bijou Theatre)
Oct. 17-18, 2024 at 7:30 pm: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Tennessee Theatre)
Nov. 14-15, 2024 at 7:30 pm: The Firebird (Tennessee Theatre)
Jan. 16-17, 2025 at 7:30 pm: Mahler Symphony No. 5 (Tennessee Theatre)
Jan. 26, 2025 at 2:30 pm: Mozart & More (Bijou Theatre)
Feb. 20-21, 2025 at 7:30 pm: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tennessee Theatre)
March 2, 2025 at 2:30 pm: Mediterranean Masters (Bijou Theatre)
March 20-21, 2025 at 7:30 pm: Scheherazade (Tennessee Theatre)
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 pm: Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Bijou Theatre)
April 24-25, 2025 at 7:30 pm: Carmina Burana (Tennessee Theatre)
May 15-16, 2025 at 7:30 pm: New World Symphonies (Tennessee Theatre)
Check the KSO's Calendar for additional performance information.
Mabry Hazen House
1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915
865-522-8661 http://www.mabryhazen.com/
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The Mabry-Hazen House Museum, located in an Italianate and Greek Revival-style home built in 1858 overlooking downtown Knoxville, the Tennessee River, and the Great Smoky Mountains, houses one of the largest original family collections in America—three generations—with over 2,000 original artifacts on display. Located just down the road, but connected to the museum, is Bethel Cemetery, the final resting place of approximately 1,600 Confederate soldiers—a small museum details the history of it as it pertains to the Civil War in Knoxville. Visits to the Mabry-Hazen House Museum are by tour. Consult the museum website for details.
Categories: Architecture, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass provides free admission for 2 adults and up to 2 students (high-school or college). Children under 13 are free. Passes will be available Monday - Thursday.
Pass is valid only for the date selected. Not valid for after-hours or special events. Patrons may check this pass out up to two (2) times per year. Please note: Mabry-Hazen House is closed for daily guided tours from December 15, 2023 until March 1, 2024.
The Muse
516 North Beaman Street, Knoxville, TN 37914
865-594-1494 https://www.themuseknoxville.org/
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Muse Knoxville is a museum for children of all ages, with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Almost 4,000 sq. ft. of exhibit and play space—both outdoors and indoors—include Knoxville's only public access planetarium and areas dedicated to certain themes, such as “Make Space,” “Science Garden,” “STEM Station,” “Music Garden,” “A-Mazing Airways,” “LIVE SMART: Stay Well!,” “U.S.S. Muse,” and others, allowing for a wealth of hands-on experiences.
Categories: Children, Family, Science
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
One child admission FREE with an adult general admission ticket purchase. Patrons may check this pass out up to two (2) times per month.
Please bring a printed or downloaded pass and a photo ID to redeem your pass.
Museum of Appalachia
2819 Andersonville Highway, Knoxville, TN 37716
865-494-7680 https://www.museumofappalachia.org/
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Founded in 1969, the Museum of Appalachia looks at the history of the region through the portrayal of an authentic mountain farm and pioneer village, with historic log structures, exhibit buildings filled with authentic Appalachian artifacts, multiple gardens, and free-range farm animals. Their holdings of over 250,000 objects include folk art, musical instruments, baskets, quilts, and Native American artifacts, among other things. Buildings of note on the museum grounds include a log cabin believed to have belonged to the parents of author Mark Twain. There is a gift shop and a restaurant on the premises, the latter with a menu informed by the theme of the museum. Check their website for special events.
Categories: Architecture, Children, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Free family admission (2 adults + immediate children) on Wednesdays.
Please bring the printed pass and photo ID to redeem your pass. Contact the Library at 865-215-8700 with questions.
Museum of East Tennessee History
601 South Gay Street , Knoxville, TN 37902
865-215-8830 https://www.easttnhistory.org/museum-east-tennessee-history
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Located in Knoxville, the Museum of East Tennessee History focuses on the history and culture of the 35 counties that make up the eastern part of the state. Its permanent collection contains more than 13,000 artifacts representing over three centuries of life in the region, presented in both permanent and changing exhibitions. The museum's collection is especially strong in three areas: decorative arts (notably furniture and paintings), textiles (especially quilts), and Civil War items—both from Union and Confederate armies—that make clear the “divided loyalties” so predominate in the region.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This pass will allow two free adult admissions Monday through Wednesday. Children 16 and younger are free. Patrons may check this pass out up to two (2) times per month.
Please bring a printed or downloaded pass to redeem your pass.
Sunsphere
810 Clinch Avenue, Floor 4, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-314-0660 https://www.visitknoxville.com/listing/sunsphere/567/
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Built for the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, the 26-story Sunsphere is a one-of-a-kind structure. The Observation Deck on the 4th floor delivers a 360-degree view that stretches from downtown to the Great Smoky Mountains including World's Fair Park, the Tennessee River, and the University of Tennessee Campus.
Categories: Architecture, Family, Parks, Recreation
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
Built for the 1982 World’s Fair, the Sunsphere is a one-of-a-kind structure. The 4th Floor Observation Deck offers a breathtaking 360-degree view stretching from downtown to the Great Smoky Mountains including World’s Fair Park, the Tennessee River and the University of Tennessee Campus. A 1982 World’s Fair timeline, gallery, memorabilia and gift shop await you! The Explorer Pass provides 1/2 off Adult Admission for the Sunsphere.
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
700 Hall of Fame Drive, Knoxville, TN 37915
865-633-9000 https://www.wbhof.com/
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The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the history of the sport as played by women. Located in a 35,000 square foot facility in Knoxville, TN, exhibits highlight exceptional players and is home to the world's largest basketball. Visitors may test their skills on three different courts, a dribbling course, and a passing skills area.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Free admission for a family of four (4) to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame during business hours. Self-guided tour, scavenger hunt and free play in our basketball area. Patrons may check this pass out up to two (2) times per month.
Please bring a printed or downloaded pass and your library card to redeem your pass.
Zoo Knoxville
3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
865-637-5331 https://www.zooknoxville.org/
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Zoo Knoxville is home to about 800 animals in outdoor habitats and indoor exhibits, with a classic lineup that includes elephants, lions, giraffes, chimpanzees, zebras, tigers, gorillas, and bears, among other animals. On the zoo's 53 acres, visitors may encounter a multi-level tree house, a swinging suspension bridge, a train around the koi pond, and areas specially aimed at younger children, like the hands-on Clayton Family Kids Cove and the indoor Pilot Flying J Wee Play Adventure area that provides encounters with reptiles. There are restaurants and a gift shop on the premises.
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Good for general daytime admission and free parking for 2 adults and up to 6 children to Zoo Knoxville. Pass is valid only for the date selected. Not valid for after-hours special events. Patrons may check this pass out one time per year. Please limit your reservation to 1 per household, per date.
Please bring a printed or downloaded pass and a photo ID to redeem your pass. Contact the Library at 865-215-8700 with questions.
Zoo Knoxville Explorer Passes are underwritten by Advance Financial Foundation.