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Location
Accessibility
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Best time
Visit on weekdays during the week to enjoy a nearly empty museum with minimal crowds and a more peaceful learning experience
Visitor tip
Children can engage with the creative space and kids craft area while exploring exhibits like the Lucy replica and human evolution displays, though interactive exhibits are still being developed
About McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
Exhibitions on natural history & culture. Museum with displays on local geology & fossils, ancient Egypt & other facets of natural history.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Admission
- Free to all
- Membership
- Yes — supports exhibitions and programs
- Current Exhibits
- Fashioning Ourselves, Homelands: Connecting to Mounds through Native Art
What visitors say
Very small museum but the exhibits were very informative. A lot of local history. Museum is free and so is the parking in the circle drive in front of the museum; guest services will ask for your license plate and zip code.
We were traveling through and stopped in Tennessee for the night and decided to check out the museum! Perfect museum to walk around that doesn’t take a whole day to see everything! Very clean and staff were friendly!
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Did You Know?
- McClung Museum offers completely free admission to all visitors, plus free parking in the circle drive in front of the museum
- The museum houses an exact replica of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), a famous early human ancestor fossil, displayed in the human evolution exhibit
- The museum features fossils including clam fossils and focuses on local geology and natural history from the Tennessee region
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