2026 STEAM Festival at Discovery Park
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Ready to challenge your mind?
Join Discovery Park of America for a weekend of hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics activities as part of the 2026 Tennessee STEAM Festival. As a featured event in the statewide festival, Discovery Park will offer activities designed to engage curious minds of all ages.
Guests will have opportunities to test their problem-solving skills, explore paleontology, learn about seismology and get a behind-the-scenes look at two of Discovery Park’s popular annual events.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, October 16:
Dracula’s Cabin: An Escape Room Experience | 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Wade Cabin
Bring your wits and test your abilities to create a vampire hunting kit! Be quick… the clock is ticking!
Be sure to sign up early at the Wade Cabin to lock in your time slot.
Canstruction 101 | 11 a.m.-noon | Reelfoot Room
Learn how to turn everyday canned goods into amazing works of art while prepping your team to build a winning entry for our Canstruction competition!
Bring Back that Fossil | Time To Be Announced | Natural History Gallery
Find out how fossils make their way from the underground to the museum floor and learn how paleontologists find and dig up fossil specimens. Then, look at different ways to protect fossils in order to move them from one place to another.
Saturday, October 17:
Dracula’s Cabin: An Escape Room Experience | 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Wade Cabin
Bring your wits and test your abilities to create a vampire hunting kit! Be quick… the clock is ticking!
Be sure to sign up early at the Wade Cabin to lock in your time slot.
Cardboard Boat Regetta 101 | 11 a.m.-noon | Total Tech Solutions Stage
Get insider tips and a step-by-step walkthrough on building the ultimate cardboard boat to compete in our Cardboard Boat Regatta!
Rate that Quake | Time To Be Announced | Regional History Gallery
Utilizing Discovery Park’s own Earthquake Simulator, come see seismology in action and learn the wide variety of ways that humans can measure earthquakes.
This event is included with Discovery Park admission or membership.
Join Discovery Park of America for a weekend of hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics activities as part of the 2026 Tennessee STEAM Festival. As a featured event in the statewide festival, Discovery Park will offer activities designed to engage curious minds of all ages.
Guests will have opportunities to test their problem-solving skills, explore paleontology, learn about seismology and get a behind-the-scenes look at two of Discovery Park’s popular annual events.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, October 16:
Dracula’s Cabin: An Escape Room Experience | 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Wade Cabin
Bring your wits and test your abilities to create a vampire hunting kit! Be quick… the clock is ticking!
Be sure to sign up early at the Wade Cabin to lock in your time slot.
Canstruction 101 | 11 a.m.-noon | Reelfoot Room
Learn how to turn everyday canned goods into amazing works of art while prepping your team to build a winning entry for our Canstruction competition!
Bring Back that Fossil | Time To Be Announced | Natural History Gallery
Find out how fossils make their way from the underground to the museum floor and learn how paleontologists find and dig up fossil specimens. Then, look at different ways to protect fossils in order to move them from one place to another.
Saturday, October 17:
Dracula’s Cabin: An Escape Room Experience | 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Wade Cabin
Bring your wits and test your abilities to create a vampire hunting kit! Be quick… the clock is ticking!
Be sure to sign up early at the Wade Cabin to lock in your time slot.
Cardboard Boat Regetta 101 | 11 a.m.-noon | Total Tech Solutions Stage
Get insider tips and a step-by-step walkthrough on building the ultimate cardboard boat to compete in our Cardboard Boat Regatta!
Rate that Quake | Time To Be Announced | Regional History Gallery
Utilizing Discovery Park’s own Earthquake Simulator, come see seismology in action and learn the wide variety of ways that humans can measure earthquakes.
This event is included with Discovery Park admission or membership.
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Where is it happening?
830 Everett Blvd, Union City, TN, United States, Tennessee 38261
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Host or PublisherDiscovery Park of America
