Secrets Just Over the Border
08/25/19
Did you know that Georgia’s McCaysville is part of the Copper Basin, which also includes cities just over the border in Tennessee: Ducktown and Copperhill? And oh what a story this...
Museums
Ducktown Basin Museum
- 212 Burra Burra St.
- Ducktown, TN 37326
- Phone: (423) 496-5778
- Fax: (423) 496-1900
- January - March: Tuesday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
April - October: Monday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
November - December: Monday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
Come take a short but fascinating journey through a century and a half of copper mining and everyday life in the historic Copper Basin, from the arrival of the area's earliest settlers through the close of the last mine in 1987. The museum is located near the junction of US 64 and TN 68 on the Burra Burra Mine State Historic site.