Alcatraz East
Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Opened in 2008 as the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C, the museum moved in 2016 to its present site in Pigeon Forge.Photo: EricaLewHouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Alcatraz East Crime Museum”
- Address: 2757 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dollywood and Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge.
Dollywood
Photo: McDoobAU93, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dollywood is a major attraction located on the border between Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. It consists of DreamMore Resort, Dollywood Cabins, Dollywood Amusement Park, and Dollywood's Splash Country. It was founded by local icon Dolly Parton in 1961.
Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge
Photo: Momwriter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hollywood Wax Museum is a two-story wax museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It features replicas of celebrities in film, television and music. The Tennessee museum was originally located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge is situated 1 mile north of Alcatraz East.
Titanic Museum
Photo: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Titanic Museum is a two-story museum shaped like the RMS Titanic. It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States, and opened on April 8, 2010. Titanic Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Alcatraz East.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pigeon Forge and Reagantown.
Pigeon Forge
Photo: Evan Nichols (Virtua…, CC BY 3.0.
Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, 5 mi north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Reagantown
Hamlet
Reagantown is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. Reagantown is situated 4½ miles northeast of Alcatraz East.
Sevierville
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Sevierville is a city in eastern Tennessee. Pronounced "Severe-ville" and named after Colonel John Sevier after his successful campaign in running off the Cherokee inhabitants around 1780, Sevierville was surprisingly anti-secessionist and abolitionist up to and during the Civil War but ended up being pillaged quite badly.
Alcatraz East
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sevier, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.80162° or 35° 48′ 6″ northLongitude
-83.57153° or 83° 34′ 18″ westOpen location code
867RRC2H+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 414811608OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q29097310
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Indonesian—“Alcatraz East” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألكاتراز إيست”
- Indonesian: “Alcatraz East”
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