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Knoxville Museum of Art

Checked on Oct 16, 2026

Provisional guide: restrooms and parking aren't verified yet. We'll update this guide as we confirm more.

"KMA is fully accessible to persons using wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are available for loan at the museum information desk," says the Knoxville Museum of Art, and "ADMISSION IS FREE!" (KMA plan your visit, [Official], checked Oct 16, 2026).

Call to confirm before you go: "Accommodations for persons with other disabilities can be requested by contacting the museum at 865.525.6101" (KMA plan your visit, [Official], checked Oct 16, 2026). Ask whether an elevator reaches all three floors, where the accessible restrooms and parking are, and how high the Thorne Rooms cases sit for seated visitors.

At a glance:
  • Loaner wheelchairs
  • Heads-up: three floors

Plan your visit

  • Hours: "MONDAY: CLOSED | TUESDAY - SATURDAY: 10AM-5PM | SUNDAY: 1PM-5PM." The museum also closes on major holidays and "UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HOME FOOTBALL GAMES" (KMA plan your visit, [Official], checked Oct 16, 2026).
  • Parking: "Free parking is available in the large lot on the north side of the staff parking lot, as well as at the lot across the street from the museum (first right on World's Fair Park Drive). Metered parking is available on the street" (same page). Accessible spaces aren't described.
  • Wheelchairs: on loan at the information desk (same page).

Worth your time

Checked Oct 16, 2026.

Accessibility and ratings

See how we rate

Heads-up: three floors. A Jan 2024 visitor described "exhibits on three floors" (TripAdvisor review, Jan 16, 2024, [Secondary]), and an Apr 2023 visitor mentioned "The store on the third floor" (TripAdvisor review, Apr 20, 2023, [Secondary]). The museum doesn't say whether an elevator serves every floor.

What we found

From official sources

  • Fully accessible to wheelchair users; loaner wheelchairs at the information desk; an accommodations phone; free admission; hours; free lots and metered street parking (KMA plan your visit, [Official], checked Oct 16, 2026).

From visitors

Details not published

  • Accessible restrooms.
  • Accessible parking spaces and the distance to the entrance.
  • Whether an elevator serves all three floors.
  • Whether the loaner wheelchairs are free.

Knoxville Museum of Art

Category Rating
Overall 4.5 of 5 · Very accessible
Average of the 3 rated categories (4.33, rounds to 4.5), capped at 4.5 because a category carries a Why.
Entry & Arrival 5 of 5 · Venue states accessible
Facility-published info states it is accessible; we have not personally verified this. Whole-building statement: "KMA is fully accessible to persons using wheelchairs" (KMA plan your visit, [Official]). Review check Oct 16, 2026 (TripAdvisor, 60 reviews checked): no contradiction.
Getting Around / Paths 5 of 5 · Venue states accessible
Facility-published info states it is accessible; we have not personally verified this. "KMA is fully accessible to persons using wheelchairs" (KMA plan your visit, [Official]). Visitors describe exhibits on three floors; whether an elevator serves all three isn't stated. Review check Oct 16, 2026 (TripAdvisor, 60 reviews checked): no contradiction.
Restrooms Not verified
Restrooms aren't described. A "wheelchair accessible" building statement doesn't cover restrooms.
Parking & Drop-off Not verified
The museum describes free lots and street parking but not accessible spaces.
Staff & Info 3 of 5 · Partly accessible
Why: Access contact listed, but loaner wheelchairs aren't stated as free (KMA plan your visit, [Official]).
"Wheelchairs are available for loan at the museum information desk. Accommodations for persons with other disabilities can be requested by contacting the museum at 865.525.6101" (KMA plan your visit, [Official]). Review check Oct 16, 2026 (TripAdvisor, 60 reviews checked): no contradiction. Not personally verified.

Entry and Paths score 5: the museum says it is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Staff & Info is 3: there's an accommodations phone, but the loaner wheelchairs aren't stated as free. Restrooms and Parking aren't rated. Overall is 4.5.

Ratings tagged "not personally verified" rest on information the venue published or on trusted firsthand reports; we have not personally verified them.

Checked on Oct 16, 2026. Sources: KMA plan your visit (official); TripAdvisor review, Jan 16, 2024, TripAdvisor review, Apr 20, 2023 and TripAdvisor review, Dec 30, 2019 (secondary); review check Oct 16, 2026, TripAdvisor (secondary)