![]() Examples of camp topics includes 3-D Printing, Pre-school Discovery, Cool Chemistry, Chemistry Investigation, Crazy Contraptions, Robotics and more.īut the center is also open on a regular basis to drop-in visitors or groups. The duration of the camps range from a day to a week and the cost ranges from $40 to $200. Something is offered for children from age 3 to age 15 and the topics cover large swaths of science and are designed for high appeal. The planetarium is still there and I’m thinking there are seats with mine and Urban Girl’s name on it for this summer.Ī series of summer camps are being offered at the Chilhowee Park site (next to the Knoxville Zoo). I spoke to Ellie Kittrell who said there have been a number of upgrades to the facility, the exhibits and the programming. MUSE, Science Village, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, May 2014 MUSE, Science Village, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, May 2014įast forward a couple of decades and the place apparently needed an update. I was with a group of children who were living in a shelter and they had a blast. ![]() The primary thing I remember was the planetarium, which I thought was pretty awesome. I went to the Discovery Center a time or two in the late 1980s or early 1990s. In the interim, The Muse Knoxville has taken over operations of the location formerly known as the “Discovery Center” at Chilhowee Park. That was a couple of years ago and the possibility of a downtown or near-downtown museum remains a possibility. ![]() You may have read some of the articles about a group wanting to bring a science museum downtown. The on-site demonstrations were just a small sampling of what these guys have to offer. The point is the science on exhibit was great fun and it was easy to see the children thought so by the sheer numbers and the expression of wonder on their faces. It’s pretty hard for a flesh-and-blood person to compete with that – unless maybe it was Mr. As much as I love books and authors, the science exhibit featured exploding potatoes and robots. The science experiments and exhibitions on the site were among the most heavily attended at the event. MUSE, Science Village, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, May 2014 MUSE, Science Village, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, May 2014 ![]() But I wonder whether my life-long science aversion would have been different if I could have encountered someone like the people from The MUSE Knoxville. I don’t ever remember being inspired by a science teacher. I remember more science teachers I didn’t like than those that I did. I generally did the minimum required in all my science classes in school and college. I’ve never been mistaken for a scientist. A temporary “Science Village” occupied the spot from the foot of the Sunsphere to the water feature at the center of the park. One of the tentacles that stretched out from the main area on the north lawn spread to the foot of the Sunsphere. I mentioned earlier this week that the Children’s Festival of Reading seemed to have expanded its footprint. MUSE, Science Village, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, May 2014 ![]()
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