Summer Camp

summer camp

Sparking Innovation All Week Long

Camp experiences center on a variety of themes that bring art and science alive for children! Our enthusiastic, experienced staff provides a fun-filled and safe environment for children to embrace the camp experience. View our summer camps below or download the information here.

Specialty

Maker Camp: Anime Gakusei

7.24.23
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7.28.23

Create anime with support from real anime artists in CDM’s Art Studio!

Friends' Discovery Camps

Inclusive camps designed for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their typically developing peers to explore the Museum together!

FDC: Don't Let the Pigeon...! (SOld out)
6.5.23
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6.9.23
Rising 1st - Rising 2nd Graders

(SOLD OUT) Follow your favorite pigeon in adventures around the Museum and all over Chattanooga!

FDC: Zip! Pop! Kaboom! (SOLD OUT)
6.12.23
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6.16.23
Rising 3rd - Rising 5th Graders

(SOLD OUT) Drop things from the roof and send things soaring through the air with a giant sling shot as campers explore the world of STEAM!

Friends' Discovery Camp Middle School
7.24.23
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7.28.23
Middle School and Up

Explore energy, propulsion, trajectory, and aerodynamics by creating inventions that soar across the sky!

Preschool Camps

The perfect first camp experience filled with Museum play and theme-related crafts all under the guidance of our enthusiastic, experienced staff.

Creature Powers, ACTIVATE! (SOLD OUT)
6.19.23
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6.23.23
Ages 4 and 5

(SOLD OUT) Discover the unique creature powers of marine animals in CDM’s temporary exhibit, Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure!

Moo, Cluck, Hooty-Hoot (SOLD OUT)
6.26.23
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6.30.23
Ages 4 and 5

(SOLD OUT) Spend a week learning about life on the farm in CDM’s new exhibit Little FarmHouse!

School Age Camps

Our full-day camps include time in the Museum, a mid-week field trip, snacks, group projects and plenty of fun with friends!

Fling & Fly!
7.10.23
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7.14.23
Rising 1st - Rising 5th Graders

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s inventions soaring across the sky at CDM!

Swim, Dive, and Survive! (SOLD OUT)
7.17.23
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7.21.23
Rising 1st - Rising 5th Graders

(SOLD OUT) Investigate what it takes to survive in the ocean alongside CDM’s temporary traveling exhibit, Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure!

Specialty Camps

In CDM's Specialty Camps, campers can immerse themselves in a specific theme, exploring a skill or craft and developing a unique passion alongside friends.

Maker Camp: Anime Gakusei
7.24.23
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7.28.23
Rising 3rd - Rising 5th Graders

Create anime with support from real anime artists in CDM’s Art Studio!

My 10-yr-old grandkids had a great time. There was plenty for them to do and enjoy. I will bring the rest of my 10 grands soon!

Mary Pennington