Creative Kids Fest

April 5, 10 am – 4 pm
Free with Admission

NEW FOR 2025!

Activities will be based in the museum’s gym and in the Kids Go Green! Environmental Center and Gardens. The Tennessee Irish Dancers, Flamenco Dance Academy of West Knoxville, and Creative Edge Dance Studio of Oak Ridge will perform in the gym.

Individual art activities in the gym will include flower crowns, bird nest mixed media, thumbprint collages, crazy hair self-portraits, henna hand art, and birthday cake washi tape collages. Collaborative art activities in the gym include a flower mural, Kandinsky circles, squish painting, a 3D mobile sculpture, and decorating a museum bench.

Activities in the Kids Go Green! Environmental Center and Gardens will include music, en plein air painting, and flower seed spreading to help the museum’s pollinator garden. Exhibits will be open throughout the Museum. A low sensory area will be provided by Xander’s Place.

This event is held in celebration of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Week of the Young Child. We hope to see you there!

Annual Garden Party Fundraiser

June 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Kids Go Green! Environmental Center and Gardens

Enjoy an evening in our beautiful Kids Go Green! Environmental Center and Gardens, newly renovated with support from our friends at Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc.

This year’s Garden Party will feature dinner, dessert, and wine. Greg Steele of Willow Ridge Garden and Landscaping will present a special gardening-themed program, and guests will have a chance to enjoy the beauty of this unique place. Proceeds will benefit the museum’s educational programs.

Tickets are $60 per person (plus a small processing fee) and are on sale here. Because this event is partially outdoors, the rain date is June 20. No refunds are given unless the event is cancelled by CMOR. For more information, call the Museum at (865) 482-1074.

Imagination Station Summer Camp

June 2 – July 25
Morning, Afternoon, or All Day
For Children Rising into Grades K-5

Registration is now open!

Registration is open for our exciting summer camp program, now in its 51st year.  From art to science to gardening and more, our program is taught by caring staff who will help your child have a great experience.

For more information and to sign up click here.

School Field Trip Scholarships

Great news! The School Field Trip Scholarship program was the Fund-a-Project at this year’s Gala. Thanks to our generous Gala guests, the Children’s Museum has funding for school field trip scholarships for Title 1 schools (outside of Oak Ridge) for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year. Learn more here.

Please note: Oak Ridge public schools are covered by a district grant given to the Children’s Museum for student admission fees. Talk to your school administrator for more information.

FY25 TAC GRANTS ANNOUNCED

The Children’s Museum has received two competitive grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) effective July 1: an Arts Education Community grant for $900 that will support an art camp for at-risk children, and a Partnership Support grant of $24,000 for operating support. About 80% of TAC’s grant funding comes from the Tennessee Specialty License Plate program. You can purchase a specialty plate at any time. Learn more here.