FEATURED EVENTS

This July marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. To celebrate, there will be space-themed activities for families and special programming for all ages throughout the day. Visitors are invited to view fragments from the Moon’s surface that were brought to Earth by the astronauts that took part in the first lunar landing, on display in the Museum’s Tennessee Transforms gallery. At 2 p.m., visitors are invited to screen a segment of the Nashville Public Television documentary “Chasing the Moon” from the American Experience series.

Otherworld Encounter is an immersive art and technology experience. Explore 18 different rooms of interactive art and tech made for you to touch, play with, and be a part of. Otherworld Encounter is a 10,000 square foot immersive art and technology experience. Explore 18 rooms of interactive art created for you to touch, play with, and be a part of. Experience state of the art technologies including virtual reality, holograms, projection mapping, and more. The experience is tied together under a science fiction storyline, with hidden symbols throughout to find and gain access to a secret room!