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Welcome to our Online Collections Database!

For more than 50 years the Reece Museum has told the many stories of Appalachia. Housing over 22,000 artifacts, the Reece collection captures the region's past as well as its contemporary art and culture.

Image Caption: Four masks by artist Sammie L. Nicely from our Permanent Collection. Photo by Billie Wheeler.

Please visit the Objects tab or the Random Images tab to view the Museum's uploads. You can also explore the Collections buttons under View Collections. Be aware that portal is a work in progress and new images and object entries will be added over time. If you have any questions for us, please visit the Museum Home tab and Contact Us.

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Tips for Searching

Keyword Search

The Keyword Search button allows you to perform a general search across multiple fields for any catalog records online.

  • Use OR as the default connector between words (e.g. searching Johnson City will return records associated with Johnson OR City).
  • Use AND between words to search for records with both key terms.
  • Use quotes around words to search for a specific phrase (e.g. "East Tennessee State University").
  • Use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard (e.g. a search for histor* would come up with records containing history, histories, historical, etc.).
  • Searches are NOT case sensitive.

Advanced Search

The Advanced Search button can help you be more specific with your search. You can search for a word or phrase within a particular search category or use multiple categories to further narrow down your search results. Use same rules as Keyword Search.

Random Images

The Random Images button is a great way to just browse the collection. Each Random Images page displays a random assortment of images from the records online. If something piques your interest, click the thumbnail to view a larger version of the image. Please note that this function may not be fully accessible to visitors using a screen reader as the alt text for the images are the Object IDs, not descriptions of the artifacts.

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