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Our museum and heritage park is filled with exhibits and interactive, hands-on experiences focused on science, transportation, technology, history, art and more, so you literally never know what inspiration you’ll discover right around the corner. Here you’ll find a peek behind the curtain and more details about Discovery Park, our mission and the people, places and things that come together to create a one-of-a-kind experience in the Reelfoot Lake region of Northwest Tennessee. Still want more? Check out our weekly podcast here.

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Charles Henry Turner: Entomologist

Charles Henry Tuner: Entomologist In Discovery Park’s newly established permanent exhibit, "AgriCulture: Innovating for our Survival", over 10,000 complex, creative and intelligent beings reside in a wooden and glass chamber in the building’s northeast corner. There are eight living species of honeybee in this chamber, and each of them are brilliant, efficient and incredibly structured

Volunteer of the Year: Sue Ellen Morris

Volunteer: a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service Discovery Park is pleased to name Sue Ellen Morris as the 2020 Volunteer of the Year. Volunteers are important to Discovery Park. They enhance our ability to implement our mission by offering their knowledge and expertise in a variety of ways.

Discovery Park Partners with Farmspace Systems and VETSA

Discovery Park Partners with Farmspace Systems and VETSA A unique view of Discovery Park of America can be seen in these photos and video provided by Chance Weldon and Ted Moore with Farmspace Systems who recently demonstrated the latest in drone technology for Scott Williams, Discovery Park CEO, and Ardis Porter, retired Army Colonel and the director

#OnThisDay: Dec. 17 – 24

Discovery Park of America is filled with artifacts, replicas, history, science, art and more. Our mission is to inspire children and adults to see beyond, and we do so by sharing educational content online and throughout our museum. We share weekly updates on anniversaries and significant moments in history, and where you can find items

Discovery Park of America Announces Plans for 2021

We are excited to announce plans for 2021. While the year will be very different than it would have been without the challenges brought on by COVID-19, we continue to implement tactics that allow us to enthusiastically continue our mission of inspiring children and adults to see beyond. One popular opportunity that will return in

Discovery Park of America Opens Permanent Exhibit on Innovation in Agriculture

Discovery Park of America Opens Permanent Exhibit on Innovation in Agriculture On Sat., Dec. 5, 2020, Discovery Park of America opened "AgriCulture: Innovating for Our Survival" in the museum and heritage park’s Simmons Bank Ag Center. Below is a Q ‘n’ A with Jennifer Wildes, Discovery Park’s senior director of collections and exhibits who led

#OnThisDay Dec. 4 – 10

Caterpillar Model Fifteen

Caterpillar Model Fifteen On Dec. 5, 2020, Discovery Park of America’s newest permanent exhibit, AgriCulture: Innovating for Our Survival, will open to the general public. This eye-opening display will give guests of all ages a better understanding of how food, fuel and fiber get from the farm to consumers and the significance scientific innovation plays

#OnThisDay Nov. 20 – 26

#OnThisDay Nov. 13-19

#OnThisDay Nov. 6 – 12

At Home Activity: Pizza Box Solar Oven

At Home Activity: Pizza Box Solar Oven Experiment time! Did you know you could make an oven out of just a few household items and an old pizza box? The McIver’s Grant Public Library in Dyersburg, Tenn., shared this interactive science project with us to share with you! This fun activity teaches you how engineers harness the

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