Creative Discovery Museum tours are fun and educational. Students will enjoy 120 minutes of stimulating, hands-on programming-
Creative Discovery Museum style.
All exhibits visited are designed on standards-based curriculum. (For specific SC Educational Standards in each of our group programs, please see Field Trip Programs.) A classroom tour is a wonderful way to help students make real-world connections between education content and concrete examples. Creative Discovery Museum is the only multi-disciplinary children's museum in a 100-mile radius of Chattanooga. We have an education department dedicated to making your visit meet your core content needs.
Preschool Tour
Appropriate for ages 3-years-old through kindergarten
This one hour and forty-five minute tour is designed especially for the educational needs of the preschooler. The tour includes exploration time in Arts Alley, Excavation Station, RiverPlay and the Rooftop Fun Factory, and discovery time in the temporary exhibit gallery.
- Dates Available: Year-round, Monday through Friday
- Times Available: Between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Cost: $5.00 per student
- 1 complimentary adult admission for every 5 students
Highlight Tours
Appropriate for grades 1 through 8
This two hour guided tour includes a visit to each of our six core areas, including the featured exhibit in our temporary exhibit gallery. Exploration of each area begins with a brief orientation followed by student centered discovery. Content is covered in both the arts and sciences.
- Dates Available: Year-round, Monday through Friday
- Times Available: Between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Cost: $5.00 per student
- complimentary adult admission for every 5 students
Super-Sized Highlight Tour
When you schedule a highlights tour, make it a two hour and 30 minute "super-sized" highlights tour and see our great science demonstration at no extra charge.
Good For You Themed Tour
Dancing to the beat of bamboo poles! Creating, tasting, and comparing delicious snack! “Planting” a rainbow garden! Please join us for these activities and much more during a Good for You themed tour! Your class will get to spend time in the Good for You exhibit and find out educational and fun facts about the body in the My Body Does What? Demonstration. They will learn about foods that help the body be healthy, work together to create a delicious snack, participate in activities that will enable them to lead a healthier lifestyle, and much more. Please contact Lynne Mulligan at lpm@cdmfun.org for more information about this fun and educational experience for your class.
Dates for this tour are from February 7- May 13. Minimum number of participants is 20 children. Cost is $5.00 per student.
Winter Wonders Themed Tour
Students will immerse themselves in a Winter Wonderland in this Winter Wonders Themed Tour. They will engage in activities about cold temperatures in a science class where they will make their own snow, compare the temperature of a variety of items, and learn how animals keep warm in freezing temperatures. Measuring, mixing, and concocting a winter treat in CDM’s Culinary Corner is a highlight of this tour. Students will spend time in the Winter Wonders exhibit and experience a science demonstration on liquid nitrogen that will round out this “cool” experience!
Pricing
- Students $5.00 (free if members)
- Chaperones Free
- Additional Chaperones $7.75 (free if members)
- Dino-Mite Café Lunches $5.95
- Museum Shop Gift Packs $4 per pack
Make a Reservation
Call Beth at (423) 648-6040
or Nancy at (423) 648-6045
to register today.
Teachers who have reserved a class field trip may call for a free planning pass to tour the facility. For passes, please call (423) 648-6045 or (423) 648-6040 at least 2 days in advance of your visit. Teachers who want to visit as a group to learn what the Museum has to offer may schedule a free teacher orientation by calling or by emailing Nancy at nbm@cdmfun.org.
The Museum requires one chaperone for every 5 students. Your group will receive complimentary admission for the required number of chaperones. Teachers are considered chaperones. Students on free or reduced lunch receive reduced admission to the Museum. Ask your reservationists for more details. Group cancellations required one week prior to date of reserved visit for refunds. You will receive confirmation of your visit via email. Payment can be made by check or credit card at the time of check in
Parking
At the start of one of our tours, a member of the Museum's staff will meet students on the bus to conduct a brief orientation. Please be on time. All groups are asked to stay with their assigned staff person to ensure the best experience. Buses are to bring students to the main entrance of Creative Discovery Museum upon arrival. Drivers then will be directed to a specific parking location after students have entered the building. It is important that groups plan to stay only the time allotted them in the Museum. Arriving extremely early or planning to stay much later without prior arrangements will not gain a group any additional free time in the Museum. Buses are to pick up students at the Museum's main entrance at the front of the building for the return trip home.
LUNCH
You can pre-order lunch in Cafe Dino-Mite by calling (423) 756-2738 for a menu or to place your order. A menu is available for download.
If you prefer to bring a lunch, there are many parks near the Museum for a picnic! Find out more about picnic opportunities near the Museum.
