Special Events

Fundraising events and other special programs are occasionally planned throughout the year.

Previous Special Events

"Things You May Not Know About Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis" Lecture with Tina Santi Flaherty at the Bijou Theatre

A Special Event Commemorating the 55th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential Campaign Visit to Knoxville

September 21, 2015 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

"Things You May Not Know About Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis" & Vintage Film Clips of Presidential Visits to Knoxville
Lecture Presentation by Tina Santi Flaherty at the Bijou Theatre
Monday, September 21, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
Reservations Encouraged...

First Friday: James Agee's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915"

@ East Tennessee History Center

September 4, 2015 - 1:00pm to September 5, 2015 - 3:45pm

"We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.” So begins the famous short piece entitled “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” by James Agee. This year marks the centennial of his reminisced summer of 1915.

Please join the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image...

We are a Blue Star Museum!

May 26, 2014 - 4:00pm to September 1, 2014 - 11:00am

For the fourth year, the East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) is pleased to announce its participation in Blue Star Museums to offer FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their immediate families, as well as National Guard and Reserves, from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2014. ...