Great Garages ALCATRAZ EAST: DRIVEN TO CRIME
Alcatraz West was never a good place. Alcatraz East is, and it’s reopened.
Posting notice that it’s the “most arresting crime museum in the United States,” the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, offers guests permanent and temporary interactive exhibits and artifacts about crime history and prevention; our penal and justice systems; CSI and law enforcement; and six crime-related vehicles.
Just reopened May 15 after a COVID-19 shut-down, the venue is at the entrance of The Island entertainment campus, 2757 Parkway, five miles north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and near Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country, owned by area native daughter, country-western legend Dolly Parton.
The 25,000-square-foot two-story museum includes 100-plus interactives in five galleries. Current temporary exhibits include the “Tennessee Bureau of Investigation,” until June 2020; “From Car to Incarceration: Ted Bundy’s Final Arrest,” until October 2022; and permanent displays featuring items such as “Old Smokey,”
