Admission

  • $10 Adults
  • $3 Children (7-17)

The Tour

Entering from the front door you will be standing in Buford’s mother, Mrs. Helen’s living room, and greeted by a tour guide. An eight minute video biography will be played that you’ll really enjoy. Then you will visit each room of the house and end in the garage downstairs with two of Buford’s cars. The gift shop is right before the garage. Your tour guide will be glad to give you directions or share ideas of other fun things to do while you’re visiting McNairy County. Please enjoy your visit.

Location

Hours

Wednesday – Friday: 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. Saturday 10 A.M. – 4 P.m. Last Tour is at 3:15 daily.
Sunday – Tuesday: Closed but reservations may be made if we are able to accommodate your visiting time.

Gift shop purchases would be greatly appreciated because that’s what keeps us going!

Please call us at (731) 632-4080 or (214) 232-0036 to arrange a tour. Also, you may call City Hall at (731) 632-1401 and ask for Tina.

Restaurants

KoKoMo’s 50s Dinner

740 US Hwy 64
Adamsville, TN 38310
Phone number (731) 632-1958

Hope’s Place

121 N Maple St,
Adamsville, TN 38310
Phone Numer (731) 632-1617

The Sawmeal Restaurant & Steakhouse

731 E Main St
Adamsville, TN 38310
Phone number (731) 632-5111

The River Barbecue Company

723 E Main St
Adamsville, TN 38310
Phone number (731) 632-4647

Poppy’s BBQ

3250 US Highway 64
Crump, TN 38327
Phone number (731) 610-0307

River Heights Restaurant

935 Riverside Ln
Crump, TN 38327
Phone number (731) 632-4484

Sombreros Mexican Grill

3180 US-64
Crump, TN 38327
(731) 632-0299

Smokey Joe’s BBQ Selmer

304 E Poplar Ave #1724
Selmer, TN 38375
Phone number (731) 645-5188

Hagy’s Catfish Hotel

1140 Hagy Ln
Shiloh, TN 38376
Phone number (731) 689-3327

La Casita Mexican Restaurant

112 E Main St.

Adamsville, TN 38310

Phone number (731) 632-0915

Parks

Big Hill Pond State Park
In the southwestern part of McNairy County, encompasses 4,138 acres of timberland and hardwood bottomland. The park includes a 70-foot observation tower with beautiful views of Travis McNatt Lake and a boardwalk that winds through the Great Dismal Swamp.

Shiloh National Military Park
This park illustrates the story with 151 monuments, 217 cannons and more than 650 historic tablets on 4,200 acres.

Pickwick Landing State Park
Pickwick Landing State Park is known for its smallmouth bass and Tennessee River catfish, and some of the state’s largest fishing tournaments are held here. The park features a golf course surrounded by trees and water that attracts golfers from across the nation.

Chickasaw State Park
This park’s 1,400 acres of land is located in West Tennessee along the border of Hardeman and Chester Counties was one of Tennessee’s 20 New Deal-era state parks.

Attractions

Ada’s Unusual Country Store

Coon Creek Science Center
Coon Creek Science Center is one of the most important fossil sites in North America. The site contains extremely well-preserved Upper Cretaceous marine shells and vertebrate remains that are more than 70 million years old.

Sheriff Buford Pusser Museum

Tennessee River Museum

Duncan Christmas Tree Farm

Hockaday Handmade Brooms

McNairy County Historical Museum

Shiloh Golf Course

The only bad thing I can say is that our time there was too short! I say this to one and all, if you want to meet a great bunch of people that will give you a time to remember then by all means go visit the Buford Pusser Museum. We both thank you all and look forward to returning for another visit!

Kirk & DeAnna Daniel, Michigan

I would like to thank the staff for a wonderful experience with our trip to the Sheriff Buford Pusser Museum. My wife and I were quite impressed with the amount of exhibits displayed about Buford Pusser.

Officer William Davidson, River Forest, Illinois

I recently paid a visit to the home and museum. I had a wonderful time and the staff was great! I received information that I really enjoyed. I have always enjoyed the story of Buford Pusser. My father is a Sheriff and this has always been an interesting topic to me. I look forward to returning to the museum.

Sgt. Danny L. Tippit II, Tiptonville, Tennessee

Thank you to the staff for showing us a wonderful time. My husband, Steven, and I thoroughly enjoy learning about people and history. As soon as I walked in the door, I felt like I was “coming home.” I know that sounds weird but I felt like I had been away for a long time and was just returning. The folks there just felt like family. It was an awesome experience. The storytelling was great. Listening to stories about Buford gives me a better understanding of who he was. It is so great that his story and life are there for the public to enjoy. Yet it does not feel like a “museum” where people just work there. Thank you to all for caring and giving.

Bobby Jo Elmore

Our vacation to McNairy County, Tennessee was an important vacation that proved itself. We enjoyed our time and are honored to meet people who felt we were important enough to take the time they did to spend with us. We thank everyone at the museum with special thanks to Jack Coffman, Steve Sweat, and Rudy Moore.

Sgt. Craig R. Johnson & Officer Michael A. Ellis, Clinton, Maine

In Regards to the Buford Pusser Festival Bus Tour, my husband and I came to Adamsville to go on the Buford Pusser Bus Tour. We want to thank everyone involved for making our trip worthwhile. Dwana Pusser narrated the bus tour and was very personable to all of us. Having her present made this tour even more real and was a real tribute to her parents. We enjoyed the tour of the McNairy County Courthouse and appreciated seeing everything “as it was back then.” We all enjoyed lunch at the courthouse and visiting with Sheriff Pusser’s friends. Our trip from Laurel, Mississippi was not nearly as far as the young man who drove 700 miles or the young lady visiting from Australia! Most of the participants were from out of town. I encourage your local citizens to sign up for the Bus Tour and support the legacy of a very unusual Sheriff. We thank those of you who showed us real southern hospitality including Ms. Richardson at the Old Home Motel, Steve Sweat, Mama Shirley, Jack, Atoyia, and family. We wish much success to your town because Sheriff Pusser really did put Adamsville, Tennessee on the map!

Billy & Carolyn Parker, Laurel, Mississippi