Children's Museums
Awaken your natural curiosity through the joy of play. Find out how things work, create, explore. The sky's the limit in Tennessee's museums for children.
Historic Town of Saltillo
Visit Saltillo, an early river town with homes dating from the 1840s. Styles of architecture range from Greek Revival and Italianate influences to country farmhouses. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Saltillo, TN
Phone: 731-925-8181
International Storytelling Center
The International Storytelling Center is the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art of storytelling. It is ISC’s goal to inspire and empower people everywhere to capture and tell their stories, listen to the stories of others, and use storytelling to produce positive change. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Jonesborough, TN
Phone: 423-913-1276
International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame & Museum
The worldwide towing and recovery industry is historically depicted with exhibits of antique tow trucks, memorabilia and Hall of Fame. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-267-3132
James White Fort
James White, The Founder of Knoxville, came here in the early 1780's from North Carolina. He had fought in the Revolutionary War and was given a land grant of 1,000 acres for his service. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Knoxville, TN
Phone: (865) 525-6514
Kiwanis Cookeville Children’s Museum
Kids will be kids--and there’s no better place to be one
than right here! Enjoy hands-on art and science exhibits, an outdoor play area, a pretend house, farm and more. Children can even
dress up for a performance in the dramatic play area. ...more
Region: Middle Tennessee
City: Cookeville, TN
Phone: 931-979-7529
Lane Motor Museum
Lane Motor Museum is one of the few museums in America to specialize in European cars. Approximately 150 cars and motorcycles not typically seen in the U. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-742-7445
Lichterman Nature Center
Located in the heart of metropolitan Memphis, the Center features exciting new exhibits, lush gardens featuring native wildflowers and trees, a forest boardwalk three stories high and a tradition of excellence in environmental education set in the midst of 65 acres of lake, meadow and forest. Home to a wide variety of plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals, Lichterman is an urban nature center, easily accessible to the people who need it the most, the people who live in the city. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-767-7322
Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daughter Museum
Loretta Lynn's 18,000-square-foot museum is complete with a mini-theater, Loretta's tour bus, personal vehicles, The Coal Miner's Daughter Dress, memorabilia and awards from the "Living Legends" entertainment career and personal life. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Hurricane Mills, TN
Phone: 931-296-1840
Memphis Pink Palace Museum
Discover Mid-South history at the Pink Palace, a regional, cultural and natural history museum with planetarium and IMAX Theater. Traveling exhibits offered three times a year. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-636-2362
Memphis Rock 'n Soul Museum
Gateway to the history of the Memphis musical heritage and the cultural impact influencing society. Includes seven galleries of artifacts, video, pictures, words and music. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-205-2533
Memphis Transportation Museum
Available for tours on Sat. from 10 a. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Collierville, TN
Phone: 901-683-2266
Milky Way Farm Museum
Featuring a coach car, track-side section of the Lynnville Railroad Museum. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Lynnville, TN
Phone: 931-478-0880
MTSU Mineral, Gem & Fossil Museum
One of the world's finest displays of exquisite calcite, fluorite, barite, and sphalerite specimens from the Tennessee Elmwood zinc mine; displays of native elements, oxides, sulfides, carbonates, sulfates, and silicates; collection of petrified wood from around the country; large specimens of amethyst, quartz, and calcite; big plates of Moroccan fossils; displays of birthstones: polished, faceted, and in the rough.
See the collection of Tennessee fossils and others from around the world. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Murfreesboro, TN
Phone: 615-898-4877
Mud Island River Park
Experience the river on the river. Recreational and educational facility showcasing the Mississippi River with museum. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-576-7241
Museum of Appalachia
The Museum is located 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75, exit 122 near Norris, Tennessee. For hours and information on special events, call 865-494-7680, e-mail at museum@museumofappalachia. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Clinton, TN
Phone: 865-494-7680


