I got to see the whole thing, in two days, during my lunch breaks. When I went, there were two rooms full of art from local students that were extremely talented. The best part, its free. They do accept donations and theres also a gift shop on the third floor.

It was great! I was up here for a swim meet so me and my mom decided to stop and come here! The volunteers are super nice! And they are super friendly! Its well spread out and organized and the kids area is super fun! It is a great art museum with a good layout and amazing art! I would definitely recommend going there!

Make a reservation online to ensure that theres a spot for you upon arrival. Covid protocols limit admission to 25 persons per hour. Gorgeous building with soaring ceilings and light streaming in. We enjoyed the gardens front and back almost as much as the art. If youre looking for a safe place to get away and see something beautiful while staying safe, this is it. And free admission, too!

This is a beautiful and peaceful art museum that is completely free! I would 100% recommend. There is a fun interactive kids section, two rotating exhibits, a giant steel sculpture, and East TN art. You can park next door to the museum for free. Stop at the desk inside the door to sign in and pick up some guide material for the galleries.

This museum is open and free to the public. There are many beautiful works of glass, paintings, sculptures and mixed media. Its small but well worth the visit. We arrived a little after three, saw everything except the gift shop (darn!) and were out just before closing. I highly recommend the museum to anyone visiting Knoxville.

This was my first time there and it was beautiful. There was so much to see and the way the galleries are set up are incredible. They did a great job with social distancing and the employees were very nice.

This museum is free which is great! However, you see why it is free. The vast majority of art their is from local artist Beauford Delaney. He has some great pieces, but I would have appreciated more of a variety. Again, I cant complain too much since it is free.For COVID, you do have to make a reservation online ahead of time. Not a big deal if you plan ahead.The museum isnt too big, I think we spent about an hour there. This is a nice experience overall! Definitely worth doing at least once.

Wonderful place to visit with young kids.The miniatures gallery was very entertaining and engaging.There are crafts (check times) for children.My family will definitely be returning.

FREE. Crazy easy free parking right off I-40 so if you are driving through town and need a break this is a great stop for art lovers. KMA is a Knoxville gem, with a great collection of artwork from important artists with TN roots including Catherine Wiley and Beauford Delaney. Ansel Adams is also there along with a substantial commitment to really interesting contemporary art. If you take your time, you can see it in about and hour to an hour and a half. Afterwards, walk the short distance to Market Square for a nice selection of restaurants and shops with more just beyond on Gay Street. Im a local and I visit KMA 4-5 times a year.

Family friendly fun. Alot of interesting art pieces. The miniature room was great. There are art exhibits outside as well. Its a free museum within walking distance to world fair park. The people that work their are friendly and knowledgeable about the place and exhibits. I will be returning again. They also have a creative corner for kids.

Very Interesting Pieces and Exhibits. The gift shop has some amazing items as well.

When we came they were doing family fun day where they had some fun, free activities for kids downstairs. Loved the exhibits. Its small but still a lovely museum. Great way to spend a few hours.

Nice museum. It had 5 galleries that took about an hour to go through. Considering it was free, it was really well done.For anyone worried about Covid, they have a lot of precautions in place. Masks are required, the number of visitors in each gallery is restricted, and theyre requiring visitors to sign up for a time slot online to avoid having too many people in the museum at the same time.

Beautiful, although small, art museum in downtown Knoxville. Free parking. Free admission. Very cool display of miniatures downstairs to see. They regularly have events, but I havent gone to any yet.

This is a really great way to spend a couple of hours. Beautiful, interesting collections and its wonderful that its free to visit!

Free museum with plenty of cool exhibits and friendly staff! The art is mostly from people who are from Knoxville and/or lived there for a period of their life but theres also a variety of other exhibits that feature foreign artists work. The glass exhibit downstairs is fascinating but my girlfriend really loved the miniature room exhibits. Heres some of the cool exhibits from some of the artists!

What turned me off was being followed like a criminal through out the whole facility.

It was fun and a great learning experience of fine art by local artist.

I would call this a hidden gem. Very nice facility with so much to look at. I will be back!

Not that much special art but they did have 1 Ansel Adams.

Wonderful eclectic collection, helpful staff, Fun monthly art activity for all ages with free admission/accessible to all!

Knoxville Museum of Arts is one of my favorite places I like to visit with my two sons.This beautiful museum of art is always free to the public and the place always has new art for us to explore each month.The out door area has beautiful art statues throughout the entire park great place to have a lunch with my kids.

Really wonderful. Small enough that you can enjoy seeing everything, but the exhibits were lovely. A really great Knoxville outing! And..... theres a kids space! I went with a 5 and 8 year old and it was enjoyable!

The new location is really cool and i had a great time there today

I have never enjoyed an art museum as much as I enjoyed this one. Lots of interesting art and the description labels was to the point with all of the important info. No fillers. By the time I got to the end I was not just rushing through it because I had had enough. I LOVED IT

Great museum with great exhibits! Theres a room for kids to have fun, too!

I had a great time checking out all of the beautiful and wonderful art selection they have

A small museum with some nice exhibitions. I like the one with students’ work back in January.

A lovely time for free!

Great place to look at art, the best part, its free but make sure to make an appointment

This is a really cool (AND FREE!!!) art museum thats walking distance from Market Square. The space holds one of the most impressive collections of miniature Thorne rooms that depict English and French rooms through the 1920s. And theres n upside down Mona Lisa made entirely of spools of thread thats not to be missed!

Wonderful museum with a variety of works from local artists and more. The gift shop is a delight with a number of affordable and beautiful works as well as a good selection of fun and creative gifts for children. The hand blown glass birds are an incredible deal and make a wonderful gift.

Well worth a visit and FREE PARKING! Me and some friends visited Knoxville for a day while during our vacation in the Smokies and this was one of the planned stops. This museum is well worth a quick stop for a few reasons: free parking, free entry and its quite small and can be fully toured in under an hour. The free parking bit was a surprise to me and my friends as Im very used to paying $12-20 to park downtown in DC and Baltimore where I live but not in Tennessee! Just use the Worlds Fair park parking to the north of the building, it had plenty of spots when I went and its right next to the museum. The artwork inside was varied from modern, abstract and traditional. Also check out the tiny room display in the bottom floor which was our favorite part.

Beautiful venue with great views. Definitely worth a visit. Pictures are from a charity event held there.

Awesome place, me and my kid loved it

Just went to an event at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Heard the Streamliners Orchestra (swing band) and they are SO good! It had been like 5 years since I heard them and had to go again. Danced all night and had a great time.Will definitely try and go some other time for another event!

Great art modern and classic.

Nice place, very friendly staffs, great time for spending a couple hours with family and friends

Wonderful exhibits and installations we will definitely be back!

Took some scouts to the museum for their Second Sunday Art project, and they had a blast doing etchings. The exhibits were beautiful and interesting. With six 4th graders, it took us about an hour (looking at art like kids do) to do the whole museum.

Polite and helpful staff! BEAUTIFUL works of art! I love that it includes artwork from local students, too! This was one of my favorite pieces done by a high school student!

Wonderful exhibit of Delaneys work, one of Knoxvilles own. Such pleasant staff at the museum. Great place to spend this rainy day or any day!

Very nice! No admission fee, free parking, very helpful ppl.Some western arts mainly from Tennessee and North California.There is a little area for kids and my sister had so much fun! Kids could draw, do crafts, and there was an LED thing with sticks that was really interesting and even I spend 45 minutes playing with it...I was OBSESSED with the miniature rooms! They are so delicate and detailed you can just marvel at it for half an hour!

Everyone can benefit from visiting the museum. They are up to date and have various galleries coming and going, so you rarely see the same thing twice. The gift shop has spectacular items you can buy and take home. Its free to visit and its up to you if you spend a lot of money or not. It is my favorite activity for family and also quiet days alone. You should definitely go check it out.

Amazing museum, friendly, helpful staff, fascinating displays - this gem is a definite must see on your next visit downtown

Always a plethera of things to experience. Im very excited about upcoming events. Also the staff is knowledgeable and love what they do.

New exhibits in as of last week (Feb 2019 on second level). Has varied styles and an outside sculpture garden.

KMA is a great little museum that features more than just regional pieces, but they are community-focused in a good way. Its a nice Saturday date, especially if the weather is bad. If you have a child thats interested in art, its an excellent quality time option.

A very interesting, smallish museum.

There is a fabulous Mona Lisa exhibit. Also liked the display of miniatures . The traveling exhibit was not to my raste

Engaging exhibits and lovely outdoor fountain garden. Had a wonderful morning with daughter and grandson.

Family friendly, helpful and informative.

Loved it and very good collection. You can easily spend few hours

It’s not one of the greatest Museums of Art I have been to, but considering it is free and just walk away from another major attraction,the Knoxville Sunsphere, it will make a great stop to get away from the cold or heat and enjoy the cool art (paintings, sculpture,figurines etc).The building is spacious with three stories high of many things to see and take pictures of.I would recommend giving yourself at least 2 hours or more to full enjoy it.

Nice space in the city. Features local and international alive artists.

Wonderful museum, completely chock full of cool exhibits. The staff is absolutely wonderful as well. When we went they had a full exhibit on Mountain Dew as well as the normal exhibit section as well. Very cool!

I love this place

A nice art exhibit in Knoxville

This is a great local museum! Its free, but you are able to donate at the door. Ive always enjoyed the new shows they have on the first floor. Its a great way to spend the morning. I love bringing family here when they come to visit.

The people working there were nice. We enjoyed the artwork on display, but felt like with all the space, there could have been so much more to see that just wasnt there.. maybe on a different day, there would have been more. For the price(free), it was well worth it and we would so go again.

Fun. Free. Lots of interesting art. Cool area for kids

Gorgeous venue with a ton of natural light! - LB Floral

Excellent, knowledgable, and Very friendly staff

Its always a very relaxing atmosphere. I only wish it were larger, but they do the absolute best with what they are given.

Amazing art work!! And everyone was helpful and nice

Decided to take a few hours just exploring the Worlds-Fair site. The museum used to cost to visit. I dont know when they changed to free, but its a welcome change. High-class and unique art. Painting, Sculptures, Modern, and classic. Its all good.

Decided to take a few hours just exploring the Worlds-Fair site. The museum used to cost to visit. I dont know when they changed to free, but its a welcome change. High-class and unique art. Painting, Sculptures, Modern, and classic. Its all good.

We enjoyed the displays of art

Lovely little gallery space. Excellent gift shop. And free admission! Great place to spend the afternoon.

Great place to visit.

Very nice place to visit if you are in town.The lady at reception was very kind and oriented us on what to see.

Really enjoyed having a free option for some culture/entertainment.We will visit again!

Always a good experience. More than art pieces on a wall. Regular rotations of pieces that engage the eye and more. Special events are regularly held with bands and dancing. Membership includes a number of perks.

The first time I ever locked my keys out of my car was across the street from this place. It was raining and I had no other place to go in to. The staff were very helpful with my situation and did whatever they could.Its always been a staple in downtown Knoxville and its a great place for events. Ill always stop in here on a relaxed day downtown.

Really enjoyable and quiet. A very relaxing walk while taking in various styles of art installations. Also an underrated place to start off a date, Ive gone on several starting here and continuing on market square, it always seems to be a hit.

Its conveniently located with Good parking and cozy delightful collections. They have a little section of doll houses. Very lovely! They also host regular events for kids and grown ups.

Free admission, friendly staff, and a children’s area filled with crafts and fun!

Nice place. Nice art. Gift shop merch a little out of my pocket reach.

Really glad I got a chance to visit this spot. I was visiting from Canada, and I was initially taken aback when I was told the admission was free and by donation - what a treat!I would imagine the exhibits rotate, but when I was there, there were a number of beautiful and fascinating works on display made by a number of native Tennesseans, including some captivating modern and post-modern artworks and a gorgeous blown glass exhibit along the lower levels.It only took about an hour and a half or so to really take everything in. Definitely take the time to check this place out.

Decided to take a few hours just exploring the Worlds-Fair site. The museum used to cost to visit. I dont know when they changed to free, but its a welcome change. High-class and unique art. Painting, Sculptures, Modern, and classic. Its all good.

Unique, great aesthetic.

Small art museum, i mean what can i say its art

Visit at least a few times a year. Always clean, staff is always friendly and knowledgeable of the pieces. Not many things you can do for free that are as family friendly and fulfilling as this little museum.

Free and worth an admission fee. Great collections that can amaze and also make you think. There is not so much that you get overwhelmed; and enough that you feel you have spent an afternoon at the museum.

Beautiful space inside and out however this is a smaller museum in comparison to others Ive been to. Had a great experience nonetheless.

Small but thoughtful collected works, friendly and helpful staff

Enjoyed the artwork especially that of my great niece. Felt honored

Small, terrible exhibit.

It is a great free place to go. It could have more exhibits in such a large building. It seemed empty. Also one of the staff on the third floor was horribly rude.

Nice combination of different art styles and mediums.

Great museum. Decent size with decent amount of exhibits

Nice museum. There was not as much to see as we were expecting, but it was still worth visiting while we were in the area.

Awesome place! great staff, very helpful.

Very nice museum. I enjoyed their special event Live at Five .

Im not much of an art connoisseur, but the museum is very nice. There is a kids area where children can color and create their own art. Admission is FREE!!! 3 levels of art. Art exhibitions change every few months. Great place to explore when you are in the downtown area.

Excellent place to visit in Knoxville. Local art and visiting collections. Great summer art camps for kids. 2nd Sunday Art for kids every month from 12-4. Lots of fun!!

Small museum but was definitely a wonderful experience. From classic oil paintings to intriguing modern art and some works in between. Some exhibits are permanent with featured temporary exhibits. I would definitely recommend and will be watching future exhibits to possibly return for another visit!

They have incredible artwork and the staff there is very friendly. They even have free parking and admission.

Nice small museum showing artwork by local artists. Most art is not commercial to someone with an education in art. The museum takes 30 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes per visit. 10 minutes from North Knoxville and no need to stay in center like in NYC to see.

Highly recommend!!! Could have easily spent longer time than I had (time pressed by my companion ;) ), free admission is a nice plus