7. August 2025
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Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Florian Buechtingby Florian Buechting

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

7.95 USD
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
2.9

Rating

 2.9/5

Flyctory.com Pros

  • Very interesting topic
  • Comparably low admission

Flyctory.com Cons

  • Outdated exhibition with poor maintenance
  • Unmotivated staff
  • Major part of exhibition blocked during my visit

I was really looking forward to a brief stop in Knoxville, TN, on the ninth day of my Seven US Stats and Nashville trip. Even though I am not too deep into basketball, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame felt to be an interesting place, especially after Germany’s outstanding 3×3 performance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Here is my review of the experience. The basketball in front of the building, by the way, is the largest of the world.

 

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame – Location & Admission

The museum is located rather centrally, not too far away from Tennessee River and Downtown. The Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum is also just some two blocks away. There is public transport available, e.g. Hall of Fame Dr and Hill Ave (bus line 1), coming with relatively regular services. However, on the rear side of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, which also worked as the entrance during my visit, there is also a major parking lot.

The Hall of Fame is opening from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 17:00. You should also lookout for Groupon deals and similar reduced tickets. The nominal adult admission is 7.95 USD.

 

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame – The Visit

The majority of the exhibition is on one level, which also features the souvenir store and the reception desk. The first exhibits of the sports museum start with the very first steps of women basketball. It focuses on the technical, but also on the equipment development of the sports and praises people who were key to grow it. Unfortunately, but as expected, the museum is having a very strong focus on US women basketball, but Canada and other parts of the world do play a role. For example, there are showcases honoring the FIBA World Champions or the Olympic medal winners. In this parts of the museum, you also run into items from European teams, for example.

Unfortunately, it is also that part of the museum that tells you that this museum is simply outdated. There are no World Champions or medal winners after 2017, which feels being more or less the last year in which the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame had upgrades. 3×3 basketball, which is so important for the international growth of the sports, is just briefly mentioned. On top of that, I could not visit a whole section of the museum, including the hall of fame itself. There was no notice about that limitation, neither on the website nor in the museum. The poor maintenance continued in the basement. They have several small courts there, where you could battle your friends or try out different challenges. However, the screens are not working, many balls were also cracked or had low pressure.

 

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame – Services

You buy tickets (or check in) at the cash desk of the souvenir shop. I cannot say that the person there was friendly or helpful in any way. There was also hardly any presence of staff in the museum, apart from a few people doing maintenance work. This would have been especially helpful on the interactive lower level area. The souvenir store is quite nice, though,

 

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame – My View

I was really looking forward to my visit at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. There more, I have to flag the visit as a fail. The museum is not up to date and feels ran down. Having a major part of your exhibition blocked (I would estimate it was roughly a third of the upper level exhibitions) without notice is not acceptable. Especially during museum visits on that trip, I ran into so many people, who were extremely friendly and enthusiastic about their place. Based on that, I have to guess that even the staff has given up that place.

 

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