hours
Mon: Closed
Tue - Sat: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed certain holidays.
admission
Under 24 months: Free
Age 2 & up: $12
Members: Free
what’s happening
TUESDAY
Tasty Tuesdays | 4 PM
WEDNESDAY
Turtle Talk | 3:30 PM
Discovery Design Time | 4 PM
THURSDAY
Campfire Story Time | 10:30 AM & 2 PM
Investigation Station | 4 PM
FRIDAY
Turtle Talk | 3:30 PM
Wetland Walk | 4 PM
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
The Great Pumpkin Fall Festival is full of fun, not frightening festivities for the whole family. Celebrate pumpkin season with Discovery Center.
Join the Campology Crew for a week of building challenges from building bricks to toothpicks.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
The Discovery Center’s signature Tennessee STEAM Festival kick-off event, “STEAM-A-Palooza” returns this year on Saturday Oct. 12th, from 12 pm to 4 pm.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
museum news
Discovery Center embraces the message of the global science engagement community supporting the people of Ukraine. Please read the full statement from the Association of Science and Technology Centers.
Tennessee science and children’s museums are set to receive more than $1 million in grant funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), announced the Science Alliance of Tennessee, a consortium of six non-profit science museums across the state.