History Hootenanny

The East Tennessee Historical Society announces the 4th annual History Hootenanny, a celebration of East Tennessee history. History Hootenanny showcases the best of the East Tennessee History Center and its partners at this open house. This year’s theme is “Sports History” as we celebrate the feature exhibition, Home Runs & Home Teams: A History of the National Pastime in Tennessee. Guests can enjoy live music, sports-themed children’s activities, a used local history book sale, Knoxville walking tours, shuttles to the Historic House Museums of Knoxville, and more! History Hootenanny is a free public history event organized in partnership by the East Tennessee Historical Society, Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, and Tennessee Archive of Moving Image & Sound.

Featuring:

• Mini lectures featuring local historians
• Music
• Children’s activities
• Walking tours
• Screenings from Tennessee Archives of Moving Image and Sound at the Tennessee Theatre
• Self-guided tours of the Tennessee Theatre
• Shuttles to the Historic House Museums of Knoxville
• Don’t miss a special screening of Clarence Brown’s Angels in the Outfield at the Tennessee Theatre!

Schedule of Events:

• 11:00am: Tennessee Theatre opens for Open House
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: TAMIS 20th anniversary documentary and archival footage screening
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: Open House
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Baseball History in Tennessee videos
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm: Open House
• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Clarence Brown's "Angels in the Outfield"