# Things to do with kids at Discovery Center at Murfree Spring > 5 upcoming family events and 7 ongoing programs and visits at Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, 502 SE Broad Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area. Dates and times are Central Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24. Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 25, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/venues/discovery-center-at-murfree-spring ## Events ahead - [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… - [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… ## Ongoing programs and visits - [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… - [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… - [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… - [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… ## Nearby - [Things to do with kids in Murfreesboro, TN](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/towns/murfreesboro-tn) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/towns/murfreesboro-tn.md) - More venues in Murfreesboro, TN: [Patterson Park Community Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/venues/patterson-park-community-center) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/venues/patterson-park-community-center.md) - [Things to do with kids in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville.md) - [This weekend in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend.md) Venue pages are listed once a venue has 3 current listings.