Family Events

A bird-focused hands-on morning for young children at the Discovery Center, timed nicely for the start of fall migration.

An hour with the Discovery Center's chinchilla and a look at how it forages. $5 per person.

Two hours of hands-on air-and-wind science for the youngest visitors, on a Monday morning when the museum is quiet.

An evening opening of the Discovery Center built around a fall farm theme — designed as a sensory-friendly, low-crowd visit.

Explore the pioneer village by flashlight — log cabins after dark, fall crafts, games, music and sweet treats. $5, ages 5 and under free.

Military helicopters, a LifeFlight aircraft, experimental planes, flight simulators and first-responder vehicles — and kids get to sit in a lot of them.

Second night of the flashlight tour through Murfreesboro's pioneer village, with fall crafts, games, music and hot drinks. $5, ages 5 and under free.

An up-close hour with the Discovery Center's tarantula, timed for the week before Halloween. $5 per person.

A Monday-morning hands-on science session for young kids, taking pumpkins apart in the name of research.

Downtown merchants hand out candy around the Public Square the night before Halloween — daylight hours, flat sidewalks, and no driveways to cross.