Children’s natural curiosity will emerge at Muse Knoxville as they instinctively role-play, make observations, question, explore, and create. Free Play experience offered only to PreK groups gets your students out of the classroom and allows them additional time on the museum floor for learning through play! In addition to free-play students will enjoy a Planetarium show.

Recommended Planetarium Show: One World One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the Moon.

Students step into the role of engineers as they explore the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs and are tasked with designing and building their own “wolf-proof” houses using a variety of materials.

Rocket into Space to explore the Sun, planets, and constellations.

Planetarium Show: One World One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the Moon.

Connect with characters from children’s literature who solve a problem. Explore different materials and solve engineering challenges!

Planetarium Show: The Little Star that Could. Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets to warm and protect. During his journey, he’ll learn what makes each star special, unlock the secrets of our solar system, and discovers the meaning of clusters and galaxies.

Students will engage in STEM challenges to design, test and build important landmarks around the world!

Planetarium Show Varies by grade level

Blast off into space to explore the sun, moon, and Earth! Students will learn about these space objects and how humans explore space!

Planetarium Show: Rusty Rocket's Last Blast-Rusty Rocket has one final mission to command: an introductory tour of the solar system for a new class of rocket rookies. Along the way, Rusty highlights the wide variety of environments in the solar system, the great distances between the planets, and the spacecraft that explore them.

Students will explore force and motion by pushing, pulling, rolling and racing objects.

Planetarium Show: Beyond the Sun-Beyond the Sun takes you on a journey through the universe with Celeste and the Moon as your guides. Get ready to travel to rogue planets, oceanic worlds and super-Earths.

We will explore the inner and outer planets, and other celestial bodies that make up our solar system. We will then use critical thinking, comparison, and investigative skills to determine what is inside of our mystery planet!

Planetarium Show: Whale Super Highway
Journey into the ocean to witness the incredible 4,000 mile migration of the humpback whales. Join a team of experts as they attempt to discover what makes the humpbacks so successful on this migration super highway, and witness the beauty of these amazing animals in this immersive show.

Get ready to roll with Sphero indi. Using color as commands, beginner computational thinking, and problem solving, students will design their own course for their “car” to travel.

Planetarium Show: Varies by grade level

Blast off into space science! Students will explore the planets, moon, and sun, learn how they move and interact, and discover what makes our solar system so amazing.

Planetarium Shows: The Sun: Our Living Star
The Sun is our nearest star and our planet’s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our winds, our weather and all life. Discover the secrets of our star in this immersive, visually striking planetarium show.

Young learners will explore animal movement using tactile manipulatives and their bodies through music and games. Includes a read aloud book, movement, games, and parachute play.

Planetarium Show One World One Sky-Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the Moon.

Students will use Finch Robots to build coding, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills while exploring robotics through engaging, interactive challenges.

Planetarium Show 4th Grade-Dinosuars-a Story of Survival-Celeste will join Moon on a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show them the dinosaurs and the Earth as it was in the very distant past.
5th grade-CapCom Go!-This immersive, historical documentary showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the moon.

Students explore fossils like paleontologists, uncovering clues about ancient life and how scientists use evidence to understand Earth's history.

Planetarium ShowDinosaurs: a Story of Survival-Celeste will join Moon on a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show them the dinosaurs and the Earth as it was in the very distant past.

Students will explore the parts of a plant and the important role pollinators play in helping plants grow.

Planetarium ShowVaries by age group

In this lesson, students act as naturalists to explore the difference between habitats and biomes, and how animals have adapted to live in each.

Planetarium ShowBeyond the Sun
Beyond the Sun takes you on a journey through the universe with Celeste and the Moon as your guides. Get ready to travel to rogue planets, oceanic worlds and super-Earths.

Get ready to mix, melt, freeze and fizz as we explore the three main states of matter-solids, liquids and gases.

Planetarium ShowWhale Super Highway-Journey into the ocean to witness the incredible 4,000 mile migration of the humpback whales. Join a team of experts as they attempt to discover what makes the humpbacks so successful on this migration super highway, and witness the beauty of these amazing animals in this immersive show.

Students step into the role of engineers as they explore the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs and are tasked with designing and building their own “wolf-proof” houses using a variety of materials.

Planetarium Show: The Little Star that Could: Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets to warm and protect. During his journey, he’ll learn what makes each star special, unlock the secrets of our solar system, and discovers the meaning of clusters and galaxies.

What if the giant wasn’t just guarding treasure—but secret blueprints for amazing inventions? Students will use creativity and engineering skills to design and build creations inspired by Jack’s beanstalk adventnetriumure.

Planetarium ShowBeyond The Sun
Beyond the Sun takes you on a journey through the universe with Celeste and the Moon as your guides. Get ready to travel to rogue planets, oceanic worlds and super-Earths.

Using their engineering skills, students will work in teams to help Little Red Riding Hood escape the Big Bad Wolf!

Planetarium ShowRusty Rocket
After decades of teaching the basics of rocket physics, Rusty Rocket is retiring. He has one final mission to command; an introductory tour of the solar system to a new class of rocket rookies.

Join us for museum exploration. Two time options are available, either morning or afternoon. Field trips can accommodate up to 60 students PreK- 5th grade.

In this hands-on lesson, students step into the role of paleontologists as they discover what fossils are and how they form. Through exploration, digging, and investigation stations, students examine different fossils to uncover clues about ancient plants and animals, imagine the environments they once lived in, and compare them to living organisms and habitats today. By learning through play and inquiry, students experience how scientists use fossils as evidence to better understand the history of life on Earth.

Move like animals through musical activities and communal games with tactile props and instruments.

This hands-on lesson explores the science of light waves, color, and energy transfer through engaging activities.

Collaborate to complete a set of engineering challenges.

Construct homes with a variety of materials like favorite characters from children’s literature. Choose one:Huff and Puff ( 3 pigs) Rescue Red Riding Hood, or Beanstalk Engineering

Rocket into space to explore the sun, planets, and constellations.

Through hands-on activities, explore how our bodies work, build healthy routines and practice emotional wellness.

Two hours of thematic programming for 150 people, six STEAM-based activities, Muse Outreach Educators to facilitate, and training for volunteers.

-Add On: our Mobile Planetarium for $325.
-Add On: over 150 people for $2 per additional person.
- Mileage- based on round trip distance from Muse Knoxville to STEAM Night location:
25-45.9 miles - $45.00
46-65.9 miles - $78.00
69-90.9 miles - $108.00

Puzzling problems + Muse Knoxville = A magically memorable STEAM Night.
Two hours of thematic programming for 150 people, six STEAM-based activities, Muse Outreach Educators to facilitate, and training for volunteers.

-Add On: our Mobile Planetarium for $325.
-Add On: over 150 people for $2 per additional person.
- Mileage- based on round trip distance from Muse Knoxville to STEAM Night location:
25-45.9 miles - $45.00
46-65.9 miles - $78.00
69-90.9 miles - $108.00

Discover the Engineering Design Process through 5 unique construction challenges.
Two hours of thematic programming for 150 people, six STEAM-based activities, Muse Outreach Educators to facilitate, and training for volunteers.

-Add On: our Mobile Planetarium for $325.
-Add On: over 150 people for $2 per additional person.
- Mileage- based on round trip distance from Muse Knoxville to STEAM Night location:
25-45.9 miles - $45.00
46-65.9 miles - $78.00
69-90.9 miles - $108.00

No screens are required as you code, collaborate and create with Muse Knoxville’s favorite robots. Two hours of thematic programming for 150 people, six STEAM-based activities, Muse Outreach Educators to facilitate, and training for volunteers.

-Add On: our Mobile Planetarium for $325.
-Add On: over 150 people for $2 per additional person.
- Mileage- based on round trip distance from Muse Knoxville to STEAM Night location:
25-45.9 miles - $45.00
46-65.9 miles - $78.00
69-90.9 miles - $108.00

Hands-on experiments will encourage you to explore how hair-raisingly fun science can be.
Two hours of thematic programming for 150 people, six STEAM-based activities, Muse Outreach Educators to facilitate, and training for volunteers.

Add On- our Mobile Planetarium for $325.
Add On - nights over 150 people for $2 per additional person.
- Mileage- based on round trip distance from Muse Knoxville to STEAM Night location:
25-45.9 miles - $45.00
46-65.9 miles - $78.00
69-90.9 miles - $108.00