List of museums in Tennessee

This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Defunct museums

 * Beale Street Police Museum, Memphis, closed in 2005.
 * Breweriana Museum, Millersville
 * Carbo's Smoky Mountain Police Museum, Pigeon Forge
 * Chattanooga History Center, Chattanooga, closed in 2017, collections now at the Chattanooga Public Library and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
 * Chattanooga Model Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, closed in 2015, may reopen in the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in the future
 * Dinosaur Walk Museum, Pigeon Forge, closed in 2011
 * Grand Guitar Museum, Bristol
 * Howard H. Baker Jr. Museum, Knoxville, formerly part of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, closed in 2012, exhibits on display around the facility
 * Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998
 * Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville
 * Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar
 * Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge
 * Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising
 * World of the Unexplained museum, Gatlinburg