Chattanooga
Field Trips

Bessie Smith Cultural Center, an African-American history museum with exhibits on civil rights, jazz & local figures with tours and events.

The Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center memorializes the history of our nation’s highest military award for valor, from 1863 to the present.

Chattanooga National Military Park supports field trips, guided tours, in-school curriculum materials and on-site service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and scout groups.

The Coker Museum houses Corky Coker’s personal collection with over 100 vintage cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and even 3 airplanes hanging overhead.

This historical mountain home & Civil War battle site, Cravens House, is part of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. Nearby hiking trails and guided tours can be arranged.

Creative Discovery Museum is a children’s museum contains art, music, and field science areas, a water-themed zone, a rooftop exhibit and an inventor’s workshop.

The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts offers field trips or outreach programs. Programs are fun-filled hands-on activities that can include art history, glassmaking, pottery, ceramics & textiles.

The International Towing & Recovery Hall Of Fame and Museum features restored antique wreckers and equipment from the tow truck industry.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center is a 317-acre arboretum, botanical garden, nature center and historical site. Programs focus on conservation, preservation, and sustainability.

Tour Ruby Falls which is a series of underground cascading waterfalls totaling 145-foot in a limestone cavern in Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The Tennessee Aquarium offers an up-close look at the habitats found along an amazing journey from the mountaintop stream down into the ocean in their exhibits and hands-on activities.

The Tennessee River Gardens and Nature Preserve is a gated wildflower garden and wildlife preserve with wildflower Trail, Butterfly Pavilion and Duck Habitat.