A group of students crowd around the UnEarthed sandbox with a museum educator.

What a year of play adds up to.

Real numbers from the 2025 impact report and the 2025–26 student report.

By the numbers

287,000

children and families welcomed in 2025

32,000+

visits free or subsidized through Museums for All, Community Nights and partners

17,055

students on interactive school tours, 2025–26

27,481

students reached by outreach lessons in their own classrooms

More than half of the schools we served were Title I. Programs ran from kindergarten readiness and arts-focused field trips to teacher professional development and classroom STEAM support, across Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina.

Where the work happens.

Financial transparency.

Impact reports, Form 990s and audits, published every year. The museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.