A museum hidden in plain sight
Come downstairs.
Discover history.
Inside the blue-roofed Smoky Mountain Knife Works, a remarkable room waits on the lower level.
Plan your visit ↗How to find us
Look for the blue roof.
Then head down.
Enter Smoky Mountain Knife Works, then take the central stairs or the descending ramp to the lower level. The Relic Room is waiting at the bottom.
- 01Arrive
Park at Smoky Mountain Knife Works and enter the main building.
- 02Descend
Use the stairs in the center of the store or follow the accessible ramp downward.
- 03Explore
Look for the Relic Room banner and step into thousands of years of history.
Lower level
Step inside from anywhere
Enter the virtual Relic Room.
Move through the collection at your own pace, look around the cases, and get a feel for what waits downstairs before you arrive.
What waits downstairs
Not a display behind glass.
A collection you can take home.
Explore authentic fossils, meteorites, minerals, artifacts, and military relics. Ask questions, hold history, and find the object that begins your own collection.