A family pursuit of the past
History was never meant to stay out of reach.
What began with a collector’s fascination became a family legacy—and one of the most diverse collections of authentic history available anywhere.
The Relic Room story
A collection built across generations.
The Relic Room began with Kevin Pipes and his passion for Native American relics. That collector’s instinct—finding meaningful objects, learning their stories, and sharing them with others—became the foundation for everything that followed.
Kevin Pipes
Kevin’s eye for authentic material and his enthusiasm for collecting established a family tradition rooted in objects with real history.
Chase Pipes
Today, Chase carries that foundation forward—expanding the Relic Room across natural and human history while taking its educational mission into the field through Chasing History.
What we believe
Every object is a doorway into a larger story.
From fossils and meteorites to artifacts and military relics, the Relic Room spans the history of the earth and the people who have lived upon it.
The collection is built through fieldwork, trusted relationships, private collections, shows, estates, and the men and women who discover and preserve history every day.
Our responsibility is simple: represent every object honestly, preserve its context, and help place authentic history into the hands of people who will value it.
Objects selected with care and backed by our guarantee.
The history, origin, and meaning matter as much as the object.
History should be available to curious minds and collectors at every level.
The search continues in the field, on the road, and through lasting relationships.
The mission continues
Find history.
Put it in everyone’s hands.
Visit the collection in Sevierville, follow Chase into the field, or discover an authentic object that begins a story of your own.
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