East Tennessee
Field Trips

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 East Tennessee History Center focuses on East Tennessee regional & national history in permanent & visiting exhibits of artifacts, art & Civil War items thru tours & hands-on activities.

The Historic Ramsey House, home of the Ramsey Family, one of the first families to settle in Knoxville. Guided tours are available in history, architecture, science and math.

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.

Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum offers tours and the “Every Child Outdoors” program encourage learning about the environment and growing fruits and vegetables.

The Knoxville Museum of Art celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee offering tours on specific areas or a general overview of the whole museum.

Mclung Museum of Natural History & Culture focuses on natural history, archaeology, anthropology, decorative arts, and local history thru its exhibits and primary sources.

At Oakes Farm, enjoy the 9 acre corn maze, a hayride to the pumpkin patch, and over 25 other activities – and educational themed programs on a wide range of topics.

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.