# Things to do with kids in Murfreesboro, TN

> 9 upcoming family events and 15 places and ongoing programs in Murfreesboro, TN (Rutherford County, TN), in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Central Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Barfield Bash Halloween Carnival and Not So Haunted Hayride](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/barfield-bash-halloween-carnival-and-not-so-haunted-hayride--listing-1f24549936f7c0f166eceb9a) — Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Barfield Crescent Park, Murfreesboro · All ages · From $5 · checked Oct 24. Barfield Crescent Park hosts the Barfield Bash, a Halloween carnival for all ages, on Saturday, October 24 from 5 to 9 pm. Families buy tickets to play ghostly games for ghost…
- [Harvest Days at Cannonsburgh Village (50th annual)](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/harvest-days-at-cannonsburgh-village-50th-annual--listing-8fa056e145ba473bd4b769de) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Cannonsburgh Village, Murfreesboro · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Cannonsburgh Village, the City of Murfreesboro's re-created pioneer village on South Front Street, holds its 50th annual Harvest Days fall festival on Saturday, October 24, from…
- [Toddler Spooktacular at Patterson Park](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/toddler-spooktacular-at-patterson-park--listing-f3d31ddb2f8fbe21fc147278) — Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Patterson Park Community Center, Murfreesboro · Ages 2–5 · checked Oct 24. Patterson Park Community Center invites toddlers ages 2 to 5 and their grown-ups to a Toddler Spooktacular on Friday morning, October 30, from 10 to 11:30 am. The city's listing…
- [Community BioBlitz at the Discovery Center Wetlands](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/community-bioblitz-at-the-discovery-center-wetlands--listing-a83ce17bff2cf44369f444f5) — Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · All ages · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center at Murfree Spring invites families to a community BioBlitz, a hands-on citizen-science morning in which participants of all ages team up to find and document as…
- [Family Campout at Barfield Crescent Park](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/family-campout-at-barfield-crescent-park--listing-cdff1b344659ab4d74d67b67) — Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM – 9:00 AM · Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park, Murfreesboro · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 24. Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation's Wilderness Station runs an overnight Family Campout at Barfield Crescent Park from 2 pm Saturday, November 7 to 9 am Sunday, November 8. It is…
- [All Access Night: Sensory-Friendly Evening at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/all-access-night-sensory-friendly-evening-at-the-discovery-center--listing-5a5fb4e52f4996b65e4b02c7) — Thu, Nov 12 (+1 more date) · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · Free · checked Oct 24. All Access Night is the Discovery Center's monthly sensory-friendly evening designed for families with children who have special needs. The museum closes to the general public…
- [Thanksgiving Break Campology: Operation: Ocean](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/thanksgiving-break-campology-operation-ocean--listing-debd17c7a884c425cf6182ac) — Mon, Nov 23 (+2 more dates) · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · From $65 · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center's Thanksgiving-break day camp for kindergarten through 5th grade turns each day into a marine-science mission. Campers test water samples, decode nature's hidden…
- [Turkey Day at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/turkey-day-at-the-discovery-center--listing-f6e6b008088e677d97c9797e) — Fri, Nov 27 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · With admission · checked Oct 24. On the day after Thanksgiving, the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring hosts Turkey Day, a DC+ Day of seasonal hands-on activities across the museum. Families follow the clues on…
- [Holiday Open House at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-open-house-at-the-discovery-center--listing-64b015c38ed035c9fbab78d3) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · From $5 · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center's Cultural Heritage Day: Holiday Open House celebrates winter traditions from around the world. Children join a museum-wide hunt for the Yule Lads, the 13…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/bradley-academy-museum-and-cultural-center--listing-bbd25f24f19f4009198e8feb) — Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sunday–Thursday closed (rentals only). Closed on… · Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center, Murfreesboro · From $1 · checked Oct 24. Bradley Academy began in 1806 as Murfreesboro's first school; the current 1917 building opened in 1918 as the school for African American students. Today it is a small city…
- [Campfire Story Time at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/campfire-story-time-at-the-discovery-center--listing-e7a4780aa8d710b93dfc720c) — Most Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. (one Friday in December); see the calendar for… · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · With admission · checked Oct 24. Campfire Storytime is a read-aloud held in the museum's Great Outdoors exhibit, with a weekly theme (for example, Monsters in the Museum with The Little Old Lady Who Was Not…
- [Climb Murfreesboro Climbing Gym](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/climb-murfreesboro-climbing-gym--listing-b1b171a0aeac43109279fd16) — Monday–Saturday 9:00am–9:00pm; Sunday 11:00am–6:00pm. · Climb Murfreesboro · From $22 · checked Oct 24. The Murfreesboro location of The Climb Gyms is an indoor climbing gym on Memorial Boulevard. Passes follow the same structure as the Nashville gyms: an introductory first-time…
- [Discovery Center at Murfree Spring](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/discovery-center-at-murfree-spring--listing-3a22062e9b0e07df85bed6fe) — Tuesday–Saturday 10 AM–5 PM; Sunday 12 PM–5 PM; closed Mondays and major holidays… · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · Ages 0–12 · From $15 · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center in Murfreesboro is a hands-on children's museum with exhibits designed for ages 0–12, including the award-winning Farm to Table exhibit, the Great Outdoors…
- [Discovery Center Creekkeepers After-School Program](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/discovery-center-creekkeepers-after-school-program--listing-12fb14b4c1156eaa6a700592) — Alternate Thursdays, 4:30–6:30 p.m. · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · Free · checked Oct 24. Creekkeepers is a free after-school environmental-science club for 6th–8th graders about the streams around Murfreesboro. Meetings include trail-cam studies, habitat cleanup and…
- [Discovery Design Time at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/discovery-design-time-at-the-discovery-center--listing-644bc4c3d0e4bf4551f7646d) — Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 p.m. (not every week; see dates). · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · With admission · checked Oct 24. Discovery Design Time is a weekly tech-and-art session. A recent session used tablets with Osmo interactive drawing accessories to trace art tools from ground pigments to digital…
- [Historic Cannonsburgh Village](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/historic-cannonsburgh-village--listing-f9c47a4bfdbe07968a4c4edd) — Fall/Winter (Nov–March): Tuesday–Friday 9 a.m.–3 p.m., weather permitting; closed… · Cannonsburgh Village, Murfreesboro · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Cannonsburgh Village is a free, city-run pioneer village showing about 100 years of early Tennessee life, from the 1830s to the 1930s. Families can walk among a gristmill, a…
- [Home School Swim Team at Patterson Park Indoor Pool](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/home-school-swim-team-at-patterson-park-indoor-pool--listing-1141fa95745a5b9de51fb816) — Every Tuesday and Thursday 1–2 pm, August 11, 2026 through May 13, 2027. · Patterson Park Community Center, Murfreesboro · Ages 6–14 · From $5 · checked Oct 24. A drop-in homeschool swim team at Patterson Park's indoor pool for ages 6–14. Swimmers build endurance and work on technique in the competitive strokes, twice a week through the…
- [Junior Ranger Program at Stones River National Battlefield](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/junior-ranger-program-at-stones-river-national-battlefield--listing-67bd6d50be4e9c883543f276) — Visitor center hours are listed on the park's Hours & Seasons page (not shown in the… · Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro · All ages · checked Oct 24. Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of the 1862–63 Civil War battle on the edge of Murfreesboro. Children of all ages can earn a Junior Ranger badge by…
- [Patterson Park Indoor Pool](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/patterson-park-indoor-pool--listing-77ba5e50f47ba8ee2e7daad0) — Pool hours Monday–Friday 6 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday 1–5 p.m. Rec Pool… · Patterson Park Community Center, Murfreesboro · All ages · From $5 · checked Oct 24. The indoor pool at Patterson Park Community Center has a zero-depth entry that slopes gently to two feet, an interactive water play system and a triple-loop slide that drops into…
- [SPARK! Drop-In for Little Explorers at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/spark-drop-in-for-little-explorers-at-the-discovery-center--listing-16cb97bf3a8abacfbd9cda93) — Selected Monday mornings, 9:00–11:00 a.m. (the museum is otherwise closed Mondays). · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · From $4 · checked Oct 24. SPARK! is the Discovery Center's drop-in morning for its youngest visitors. Each session combines free play, a hands-on lesson and a themed craft. Upcoming themes include The…
- [Sports*Com Indoor Pool](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/sports-com-indoor-pool--listing-bf851c687309f107784ebe2c) — Open Swim Monday–Friday 7–8:45 pm (shallow end only on some days); no weekend open swim… · Sports*Com, Murfreesboro · From $5 · checked Oct 24. The Sports*Com indoor pool in Murfreesboro is an 8-lane pool running from a 4-foot shallow end to a 10-foot deep end, with a 1-meter diving board and accessible entry for…
- [Tasty Tuesday Kids' Cooking at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/tasty-tuesday-kids-cooking-at-the-discovery-center--listing-e9226e6217801ffcd26db5c2) — Tuesdays, 3:00–4:00 p.m. · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · With admission · checked Oct 24. Tasty Tuesday is a hands-on kids' cooking program in the Discovery Center's FRANKE Kitchen. Instructors lead children through measuring, mixing and watching reactions like rising…
- [Turtle Talk at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/turtle-talk-at-the-discovery-center--listing-31c33a59bb4b74f586d7fbf8) — Wednesdays and Fridays, 3:00–3:30 p.m. · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 24. Turtle Talk is the Discovery Center's weekly children's program about turtles. Each week rotates through hands-on activities such as interactive turtle demonstrations, crafts and…
- [Wilderness Station Nature Center at Barfield Crescent Park](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/wilderness-station-nature-center-at-barfield-crescent-park--listing-0c2340f2b61ab13ed4b48561) — Sunday noon–5 p.m.; Monday 9 a.m.–noon; Tuesday–Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 2026 holiday… · Wilderness Station, Barfield Crescent Park, Murfreesboro · All ages · checked Oct 24. The Wilderness Station is Murfreesboro's nature center inside Barfield Crescent Park and the base of Outdoor Murfreesboro, the city's environmental-education team. Education…

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