Police Museum
Are you
interested in police work? Do you enjoy criminal justice
work? Do you love watching CSI on television? While you
are on vacation and staying in one of our Pigeon Forge
cabins, take a trip over to Carbo’s Police Museum.
This museum is packed with interesting items that are
enjoyable for the entire family! The museum has over
5000 items on exhibit!
The museum is a very unique collection of police
memorabilia and has been open since 1976. Some of the
items include uniforms, badges, handcuffs, billy clubs,
collector weapons, confiscated weapons, drug exhibit,
along with many other police articles. These items have
been collected from all over the United States and
around the world.
A very engaging exhibit is “Walking Tall,” contributed
to Sheriff Buford Pusser. These particular items that
make up the exhibit have been titled the world’s largest
authentic exhibit of memorabilia on Sheriff Pusser. This
exhibition even includes the 1974 Corvette in which
Sheriff Pusser was killed. Along with this authentic
car, you can also hear and see the real Sheriff Buford
Pusser on video! You may also purchase a full-length
copy of this video.
All the memorabilia in the Carbo’s Police Museum have
been collected by the owners of the museum, Dr. and Mrs.
Carbo. After many hours, and many dollars, the museum
was opened in June of 1976. The museum id dedicated to
all law enforcement officers. They have collected since
1955, and still collecting today. Since 1993, the
ownership and management has been turned over to Dr. and
Mrs. Carbo’s daughter.
Seeing the Carbo’s Police Museum would be an exciting
activity to do during your vacation in Pigeon Forge TN.
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