Plan Your Visit

• Purses are allowed, but backpacks are not allowed. They can be left on the benches in the museum lobby.
•  No water bottles or other liquids are permitted.
• Strollers and front-facing baby carriers are welcome. Jogging strollers and wagons are not allowed.
• Mobility scooters are allowed.
• Service dogs are welcome.

• You are allowed to take photos of the Peace and War exhibit until April 2025.
• Non-flash photography and video for personal are not allowed for the Permanent exhibit.

• The Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum does not tolerate verbally abusive, harassing, discriminatory, or threatening statements or behavior toward Museum staff or other visitors.
• Conduct that poses any risk to other visitors, the Museum’s staff, or the Museum’s collection, such as running, rough play, and disruptive behavior, is prohibited.
• Playing music and video, performing unauthorized performances, and using sound amplification or noisemakers (except for assistive listening devices) are prohibited.
• Keep doorways, and hallways accessible to other visitors; do not sit on the floor.
• Do not carry children or other guests on your shoulders.
• Children twelve and under must be always accompanied by an adult.
• Smoking, including electronic cigarettes, is prohibited in the Museum or near the entrances.
• Use of electrical outlets in the Museum is prohibited.
• For health and safety reasons, shirts and shoes are required.

BREAK DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Summer Break 2024                     April 26 - September 1

SOR Break 2024                           September 7

Fall Break 2024                             October 17 - 20

Thanksgiving Break 2024             November 23 - December 1

Christmas Break 2024                  December 13 - January 27

Martin Luther King Day 2025       January 20

Ivory Comb Installation 2025       January 21- 27

Spring Break 2025                        March 13 - 23

Please call 423-236-2030 for questions about tour dates that are not available or to book a tour for over twenty people.

• Take the Ooltewah exit, #11.
• Turn left after exit onto (US-11) Lee Highway.
• Turn right onto Little Debbie Parkway (at the second traffic light).
• Turn left onto (TN-317) Apison Pike (Little Debbie Parkway ends).
• Continue on Apison Pike for approx. 1.6 miles. Go straight at the traffic light and follow the road around the bend towards Southern Adventist University.
• Turn right onto Colcord Drive. If you get to the four-way stop, you have gone too far.
• Keep right to stay on Colcord Drive. Follow the signs to museum parking.
• Continue on Colcord Drive for 0.3 miles. Museum parking will be on the left.
• Proceed up the stairs to Hackman Hall (the two-story brick building). The museum entrance is on the South (right) side. The museum is located on the ground floor.
• For handicap parking, head South (right) after turning into the parking area and follow the ramp up to the parking spots behind the building.