Visit the Bessie Smith Cultural Center to see African American cultural arts and entertainment. The landmark destination showcases exciting art exhibits, concerts and work shops. It's also home to the prestigious African American Museum and Heritage Festival.
The Tennessee Aquarium is an aquatic attraction swimming with more than 10,000 animals in tropical and marine habitats. Encounter toothy sharks, stinging stingrays, gigantic turtles and playful penguins. Positioned on the banks of the beautiful Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll drift around the largest freshwater aquarium in the world.
Visit a historic neighborhood dotted with trendy boutiques, unique restaurants, local attractions and popular art galleries. The Bluff View Art District is the city’s picturesque lifestyle paradise set amidst cliff tops with winding pathways and lovely gardens overlooking the Tennessee River below. This is where locals known as “Cliff Dwellers” live, work and play!