Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place, Knoxville TN

Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place, Knoxville TN The museum features exhibits and hands-on activities related to Girl Scouting. Vintage uniforms as well as portable program materials are available for loan.

The objective is to enhance program opportunities and to provide archival resources. The museum is part of the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians. Council offices are located in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Johnson City. The museum is inside the Knoxville office.

This cross stitch sampler, part of our Textile Arts display, was made by Barbara Foust, age 15, in 1935. It was the firs...
03/24/2026

This cross stitch sampler, part of our Textile Arts display, was made by Barbara Foust, age 15, in 1935. It was the first official sampler to be advertised in the GS Catalog, in 1933. An interesting aside: when the sampler was first advertised, the fabric came with "directions and color scheme" (meaning a chart with suggested colors - but no embroidery floss was provided.) A contest was announced that any Girl Scout could stitch up this project and submit it to National for judging in Jan-Mar 1934. The girls were encouraged to use creativity - use their own colors, or a different border, and any choice of name or motto as desired. First prize was $10, second was $5, and there were 5 third prizes to be awarded: a Girl Scout uniform!! (I'm guessing the 'thrift' uniform, which cost $2.75.)

As promised, here are some close ups of the filet crochet pieces. You can see how they creatively used single and double...
03/18/2026

As promised, here are some close ups of the filet crochet pieces. You can see how they creatively used single and double crochet stitches to produce the words LAW and GIRL. In the last photo you can see a tiny piece of the plastic tag that was used to attach this piece of needlework to the support board.

These two filet crochet items are part of our Textile Arts display. This art is quite challenging, and unfortunately we ...
03/16/2026

These two filet crochet items are part of our Textile Arts display. This art is quite challenging, and unfortunately we have no record of the donor/creator. If anyone recognizes this lovely set, please contact us!

Cadette Girl Scout Georgie Boyle made her own Cadette/Senior uniform in the 1980s - as part of her sewing badge. It's on...
03/16/2026

Cadette Girl Scout Georgie Boyle made her own Cadette/Senior uniform in the 1980s - as part of her sewing badge. It's on display as part of our Girl Scouts Love Textile Arts exhibit.

Come see our newest exhibit - "Girl Scouts Love Textile Arts"! Girls from across the region have created puppets, yarn d...
03/16/2026

Come see our newest exhibit - "Girl Scouts Love Textile Arts"! Girls from across the region have created puppets, yarn dolls, hand-sewn and machine-sewn items for camp and for fun, samplers, quilts...even a crocheted Brownie uniform for a beloved doll!

Fun sharing times for Girl Scout alums in the East Tennessee region. Bring your favorite memorabilia and stories to sha...
03/04/2026

Fun sharing times for Girl Scout alums in the East Tennessee region. Bring your favorite memorabilia and stories to share; leave your stories as an oral history for future generations. For more details visit https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/reece/events.php

Girl Scouts of all ages welcome! Celebrate Camp Margaret Townsend 's 100th anniversary, hear stories of the early days o...
09/04/2025

Girl Scouts of all ages welcome! Celebrate Camp Margaret Townsend 's 100th anniversary, hear stories of the early days of Girl Scouting in our region, from people who lived those stories!

Registration ends September 12th. Visit the Council website at girlscoutcsa.org, or contact Jacqui Stiver at [email protected] to register.

We had an exciting visit last week with 11 Japanese Girl Scouts, from Naka City. They toured the museum and had a specia...
08/24/2025

We had an exciting visit last week with 11 Japanese Girl Scouts, from Naka City. They toured the museum and had a special chat with "Juliette Low". Then they did leather stamping to make tie slides, and learned a method of making friendship bracelets. After lunch they "attacked" the trays of Girl Scout cookies. The girls loved the cookies!

A "Traveling Troop" of Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors visited the museum last week. They belong to different troops a...
07/20/2025

A "Traveling Troop" of Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors visited the museum last week. They belong to different troops across the South Florida area. We were only one of their stops - what an exciting thing to do each year! The girls were particularly interested in the "leader resource" table, finding treasures of earlier Senior handbooks, ceremonies booklets, and song books. We enjoyed their visit!

An interesting donation came in last week - a Girl Scout Cookie Truck! It will definitely be part of our next cookie exh...
04/20/2025

An interesting donation came in last week - a Girl Scout Cookie Truck! It will definitely be part of our next cookie exhibit. Thank you to the Patricia Krewer Trust for this special item.

We get visitors from all over! This troop of bridging Girl Scout Seniors came from Washington State to tour our museum, ...
09/02/2024

We get visitors from all over! This troop of bridging Girl Scout Seniors came from Washington State to tour our museum, and then to have their bridging ceremony in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park - what an experience for them!

An adventurous troop of Cadette Girl Scouts from Texas visited our museum recently. They had been on the road sightseei...
07/19/2024

An adventurous troop of Cadette Girl Scouts from Texas visited our museum recently. They had been on the road sightseeing etc for a couple of days already; they were headed back to Pigeon Forge and then into the Smokies for their bridging ceremony! We're so glad they took the time to visit with us. The uniform fashion show 'through the ages' was a big hit.

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1567 Downtown West Boulevard
Knoxville, TN
37919

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(800) 474-1912

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