Earth Experience - Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History, Tennessee, United States
4.5 (41 reviews) Thursday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #8 in Murfreesboro Natural History Museums
Wonderful small museum experience
The Earth Experience, the Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History, is the first natural history museum in Middle Tennessee. The museum has displays from all over the world but has a very large number of items from Tennessee. Come see our dinosaurs, fossils, gems, minerals, rocks and archeological relics. This is not your typical natural history museum! We have an interactive, dynamic museum where visitors will not only see ongoing research and activities they will be offered chances to participate. Visitors will see a working paleontology laboratory where they will see real dinosaur bones cleaned and repaired. A molding and casting operation will be making dinosaur displays as well as the souvenirs for sale in the gift shop. The Mid Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society offers workshops on jewelry making in the museum. The current location for the museum is just the first step to creating one of the top Natural History Museums in the country.
Address
816 Old Salem Rd, Murfreesboro, TN 37129-4943
Mobile
Website
http://www.EarthExperience.org
Working hours
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Tuesday :
Wednesday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday :
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 19:06
User Ratings
4.5 based on (41 reviews)
Reviews
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5scottharbison 5:00 PM May 30, 2020
Awesome little museum. A hidden gem in Murfreesboro!
Awesome! This is a small but mighty museum. The collection of rocks, minerals and gem stones in incredible. But for me, the paleontology displays put this over the top for 5 stars. How many large cities in the US have a T-Rex skeleton? What about cities the size of Murfreesboro? The answer is not very many! And right here we have a magnificent example of an entire T-Rex skeleton. This is worth the price of admission on its own. In addition to the T-Rex, there are additional dinosaur, mammal and sea creature fossils to enjoy. Granted, the museum is small, but it’s packed with terrific items. There’s also a working paleo lab where you can observe the staff cleaning and preparing fossils. At the gift shop, you can purchase hand poured casts of some of the museum’s real fossils to take home. On our visit, we got to talk with geology, paleontologist and museum director Alan Brown. He was a great host and answered all of our questions about what we were seeing and the history behind some of the finds. The other staff were nice and courteous as well. All in all, a great experience. We will be back!
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4runningspots 5:00 PM Feb 10, 2022
Small hidden gem In murfreesboro.
Fun afternoon visiting this museum. Use the app to view pics of some of the dinosaurs. Front desk student was nice and informative. Just missed them working on cleaning a piece. Staff was friendly. The place is busting at the seams with fossils, casts and rocks. Worth the visit. 3 adults in our group.
