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CDM Announces Summer Camp Offerings
Published:
1.16.23
By:
Mackenzie Steele

Creative Discovery Museum (CDM) offers unforgettable experiences in a safe, facilitated environment with our well-trained and experienced educators for your children to explore, innovate, create, and play. Campers will exercise their creativity in projects that reinforce STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) concepts and enjoy CDM exhibits during the camp day. A variety of camp options are available for different ages and interests.

Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit Opens at CDM
Published:
1.14.23
By:
Mackenzie Steele

Experience the museum exhibit based on Disney Junior’s Peabody Award-winning television series Doc McStuffins as it opens at Creative Discovery Museum (CDM). Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit opens January 14, 2023 and will run through May 7, 2023.

The New STEM Zone is Open at CDM
Published:
11.16.22
By:
Mackenzie Steele

CDM Opens Second Floor Exhibit, ArtSpace
Published:
9.13.22
By:
Mackenzie Steele

ArtSpace, the newest exhibit as part of the Ignite Discovery capital campaign, is officially open! The opening of this exhibit also reopens the second floor of the Museum to the public after months of renovations. In this new exhibit, visitors can experience visual and performing arts through hands-on activities and interactive elements spanning a variety of techniques and forms.

CDM Receives Museums Empowered Grant
Published:
8.11.22
By:
Mackenzie Steele

Creative Discovery Museum is excited to announce the awarding of a 3-year $243,425 grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of their Museums Empowered program. With this grant, CDM will promote staff professional development through trainings in customer service, job-specific activities, personal development, and leadership with the formation of the Creative Discovery Museum Academy (CDMA).

CDM Announces Capital Campaign Gift from TVA and BVI
Published:
8.9.22
By:
Mackenzie Steele

Creative Discovery Museum is proud to announce a recent $500,000 capital campaign gift from TVA and BVI to support the renovation of the Tennessee RiverPlay exhibit. Each organization contributed $250,000 to the Ignite Discovery campaign, the ongoing capital campaign for the Museum’s comprehensive renovation.