Discovery Center At Murfree Spring

Great place. Could use a little maintenance but not to the point that we wouldn’t come back. My 3 year old loved the big slide and the turtles and my husband and I enjoyed the wind tunnel (not so much the 3 year old lol!). Fun place all around!

Not sure if I’m used to the adventure Science Center in Nashville, but this place was nothing like I expected. They are very tiny, staff and other visitors were very rude. Not sure we’d ever come back here. Rather take the drive to Nashville and go somewhere else.

This is a fun place to take kids to once or twice a year. My pro-​tip would be to visit on a weekday to avoid crowds. It can get pretty packed on the weekends. They have a nice little outdoors area as well with some picnic seating. (There are no food vendors inside, so be sure to pack a lunch!) Exhibit changes are a bit slow, we might would stop by more frequently if they had new offerings.

I have a love-​hate relationship with this place! It really depends on my kids… which has nothing to do with DC, honestly! The layout is pretty good. I love the gated-​off toddler area and baby area. However, there are times when my toddler finds her way into the baby area, and 2 seconds later an employee is ushering her out and giving me a mini-​lecture about how that area is for infants. I know this, but I’m sorry that I looked away for a second and «allowed» my kid to go in a restricted area. (One time, my kid was young enough to be in there and was still ushered out!) Aaaannnyways… The traveling exhibits are usually perfect for us. I plan our visits around their schedule. It’s a small, manageable place for young children… except when a school field trip (or 3) is there. Then it’s a madhouse. And I get stressed out when a 7-​year old runs over my 3-​year old… right in front of a teacher or DC volunteer. All in all, I like the place. Just be sure to use plenty of hand sanitizer!

The discovery center is a fun and educational place for my two children (ages 4 and 1). There is an abundance of activities for both age levels to enjoy. We have a membership to the discovery center and go at least one time per week. The staff is extremely friendly! We love it!

I went for free, which was good as there was not a lot for me to amuse myself with other than looking at some of the trainsets. My 2-​year-​old however had a blast. Everything was tiny, she could get to almost everything with no help. Everything was hands on.
I felt there wasn’t a particularly unifying concept other than «ooh lookit this!» but for a 2 – 6 year old, that’s pretty great.
Nothing was broken when we were there (father’s day,) although the place looked pretty well worn and in need of some TLC.
There’s a huge water table there, and I thought I’d never get Maggie to leave it.
It was like Monkey’s Treehouse or some similar toddler bar, except with a lot of stairs and exhibits that didn’t really feel like they went together (animal skins, a wheelchair-​driven DJ mixer (left wheel fader, right wheel scratch), a trainset that only runs at certain times, mini coal mining, tiny town, fire engine, bunch of model airplanes, Penny Farthing (old timey bike))
That said, the two year old had a blast, I didn’t catch what the pricing was on the place though

I am not a fan. First off, if you’re going to make me pay for myself, you’d better at least keep the place well maintained! The first place we went inside was the Tiny House. The lock board was broken. The house was empty except for a baby doll with no arms. Then on to the grocery shopping area, complete with 1 onion and a bunch of potatoes. What happened to all the other produce?! The archaeological dig had nothing to dig up! $ 12 is entirely too much for 1 kid (& me, right?) when it’s not maintained as it should be. We have more fun at the park. Next time, I will just drive to Nashville.

Great for kids. You could spend the whole day in this place and not discovery everything. They have so much hands on learning for children. It stimulates all the senses. My son never wants to leave when we come here. If you live close enough to spend time here on the weekends, I would suggest paying for a season pass. We can’t get up here during the week but we love love coming up on the weekend and spending the day.

Took our two kids for the Cat in the Hat birthday celebration. We all got in for free and the kids had a blast. Plenty of things for them to do and they even gave all the kids some birthday cake. Everyone was very friendly! Would definitely recommend this place for parents with young kids! The prices for a regular day are $ 6. Kids under two get free admission. Make sure to bring an extra pair of clothes for the kids because they have a water table that the kids will probably want to enjoy. They also have a gated play area just for toddlers and infants if your child is like mine and just wants to go free.

This place is awesome! Our 20-​month and his cousins had a blast.
We love the indoor play places, but this is more museum-​ish with so many different activities. You can play steel drums, become an auto mechanic and work on a car, play with trains, and a conveyor belt at a little grocery story. The whole thing was so much fun — he could have spent all day there.
His favorite was the water table — so many things to do. They have plastic bibs to keep the kids clean and dry, but my kid wanted none of that. So we got dirty and wet and at one point I’m pretty sure he just started drinking the water. So gross.
We’re not from the area, so unlikely we will be back anytime soon. But I would totally get a memebership and come all the time if we were nearby!

I brought my 10 month old while in town for business. The under 2 area is AWESOME. There is so much for them to play with and learn.
We also played in the 2 – 5 area which was neat as well. The problem with this was a lot of the play pieces were missing. For example, there is a small musical instrument room, but no sticks for the drums. This was kind of annoying.
My daughter loved the water table, she liked to watch the big kids play with it and put her hand in the fountain. I think it would be really fun if she could have played with more activities, but it did kill a good hour and a half

When we moved to the Boro we immediately bought a family pass to this lplace. We have a 5 year old daughter and she loves cominng here. The pass is worth the money since we come here almost once a week. They have a special room for crawlers and a large section for kids under 5.

I don’t have a kid but I come here all the time with the boy that I nanny. LOVE THIS PLACE. There’s so much to do and see, it’s really a great treat for the kids in the Murfreesboro area. The staff is extremely friendly (and helpful if I have any questions). I really appreciate their attitudes and willingness to help. Definitely recommend this place to parents/​babysitters/​nannies! This place is perfect for ALL kids.

The Family and I needed something to do yesterday that was inside because of a rain storm. My wife suggested this place and at first I was hesitant, but now after seeing the inside of this place I can say that we will definitely be returning. The exhibits and activities have been painstakingly curated to be entertaining unique and most importantly fun for the kiddos. I have a 19 month old toddler and although a majority of this place may be geared towards kids a bit older than her, she still had an absolute blast. I would say that this place is on par with, if not better than the adventure science center in Nashville.

We are members at the Discovery Center and absolutely love it! I have two boys. One that is 7 months and one that is almost 2. There are things that both of them can do! We love the kids town. There is also a play ground and walking path outside. My son loves going out to look at the ducks :)

We just took our twin daughters (16 months) to Discovery Center and loved it. It is full of great activities for the kids and age-​appropriate play areas. Their favorite part was the water table which could have provided hours of excitement.
at $ 6/​adult it is really a pretty good deal. I will be looking for a half price groupon so that I can enjoy it more often with my family.