Great Pumpkin Festival
Put on your Halloween costume and come to Discovery Center for outdoor family fun!
Tuesday – Saturday | 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 5- 11: Extremophile Search - Celebrate Filipino-American microbiologist Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann and the search for extremophiles.
May 12-18: Mr. Tornado - Explore Tornadoes and the F-Scale named after Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita, also known as "Mr. Tornado."
May 19-25: Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions - Learn about Star Navigation and Nainoa Thompson, the first Hawaiian in over 500 years to practice open-ocean navigation without instruments.
May 26-31: Otter Art - Create your own Otter Algae Craft and learn about Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott, a pioneering Hawaiian scientist who discovered over 200 algae species.
Programs are subject to change.
Wednesdays & Fridays | 3 p.m.
Join Discovery Center staff for a turtle feeding! Included with admission. Programs are subject to change.
Thursdays | 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
Join Discovery Center staff for story time in our Great Outdoors! Included with admission. Programs are subject to change.
Go for the gold all summer at Discovery Center! Be in the action during Discovery Center’s “Countdown to the Summer Olympics” with special staff-led activities happening every day through the summer. Plus, special projects in the STUDIO, self-guided activities for you and your family to explore, and demonstrations from community partners throughout the summer!
GAME TIME
Monday - Friday @ 2 PM
Join our staff for some fun physical activity - Olympic style of course!
INVESTIGATION STATION
Monday - Friday @ 10 AM
Tuesday @ 5:30 PM
Join Discovery Center staff as we explore the amazing world of science through hands-on experiments and demonstrations with an Olympic twist.
Put on your Halloween costume and come to Discovery Center for outdoor family fun!
Put on your Halloween costume and come to Discovery Center for outdoor family fun!
Put on your Halloween costume and come to Discovery Center at Murfree Spring for outdoor family fun at the Great Pumpkin Festival!