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Join the Historic House Museums of Knoxville each Friday in September as they continue their collaborative program, Movies at the Museums! Enjoy four different movies at four different historic house museums.From Mummy escapades and magical childhood classics to silly animation and fast-paced action, each historic house museum will show a different film for audiences to enjoy while also taking in the unique landscapes of the historic site.
Admission is FREE for each movie, but donations are greatly appreciated to support each museum’s preservation mission. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets, or other
items to make their time there comfortable. Concessions will be available at each museum.
Please see each individual museum's respective event pages for more details on the movies, concessions, and any special activities happening at their site!
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September 6th @ ~8pm at Mabry-Hazen House:
The Mummy(1999)
Presented by Borderland Tees!
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful, and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
(Rated PG-13)
www.mabryhazen.com
September 13th @ ~8pm at Marble Springs State Historic Site
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Presented by Borderland Tees!
Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents' mysterious deaths at the hands of a powerful adversary.
(Rated PG)
www.marblesprings.net
September 20 @ ~8pm at Ramsey House
Shrek (2001)
Presented by Apex Bank!
A green ogre living a life of solitude in a faraway swamp, Shrek is suddenly invaded by a horde of fairy tale characters, such as the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, all refugees of their homes who have been shunned by the evil Lord Farquaad. Shrek decides to offer Lord Farquaad a deal; he will rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona , who is intended to be Farquaad's bride, in exchange for peace and quiet at his swamp.
(Rated PG)
www.ramseyhouse.org
September 27 @ ~8pm at Blount Mansion
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Presented by Apex Bank!
The Bandit, a charismatic bootlegger, takes a bet to ship a truck full of beer from Texas to Arkansas. While pulling off the stunt, he falls in love with a woman engaged to the son of a dyspeptic sheriff who takes it upon himself to stop Bandit.
(Rated PG)
www.blountmansion.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Blount Mansion, 1099 State St SW, Knoxville, TN 37902, United States,Knoxville, Tennessee
