"Find the good and praise it," the best-known saying attributed to world-renowned author Alex Haley, was the theme of the night at the Museum of Appalachia's Heroes of Southern Appalachia Award ...

A small part of the collection of eyeglasses at the Museum of Appalachia. (Photo by Keith Roysdon) It wasn’t uncommon, a few years ago, to see historian and collector John Rice Irwin on a back porch ...

NORRIS, Tenn. — During the Fourth of July, fireworks send explosions rippling across East Tennessee. Usually, the blasts can be heard across neighborhoods and communities, causing people to look up ...

NORRIS, Tenn. (WATE) — Take a trip back in time with the Museum o f Appalachia as they celebrate the Fourth of July. Instead of fireworks, the museum will be sending a 150-pound anvil into the sky.

The Museum of Appalachia is the best kind of museum. It hums with warmth and humor. Everything has a story. It’s the right size. It allows wandering. And it surprises. A glass eye! A hog kettle! And ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Museum of Appalachia announced its founder, John Rice Irwin, died on January 16th. He was 91 years old. The Museum of Appalachia made the announcement on its Facebook page ...

NORRIS, Tenn. (WATE) – The Museum of Appalachia will welcome the warmth of spring by trimming the winter’s heavy growth of wool from its flock of sheep. Early Friday morning, the museum was preparing ...

On March 1, the Museum of Appalachia will celebrate the late Alex Haley at its “Heroes of Southern Appalachia” award ceremony. Lamar Alexander, former Tennessee governor, University of Tennessee ...

Anyone who might want to recall the way that things were done early in the history of our country and doesn’t believe in erasing the creativity, ingenuity, and efforts of our ancestors to adjust, ...

John Rice Irwin was born on Dec. 11, 1930. He passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. He was the founder of the Museum of Appalachia and my good friend. He encouraged me to pursue the history of our area ...

Irwin's storytelling ability helped spark a deep interest in Appalachian culture, said Stephen Dean, the executive producer of WBIR's "The Heartland Series." "He had a really keen interest in the ...