The Tennessee STEAM Festival is a statewide celebration that brings schools, museums, libraries, universities, businesses, and community organizations together to create engaging STEAM experiences for learners of all ages.

Held annually in October, the festival showcases the creativity, innovation, and educational opportunities happening across Tennessee.

What does “STEAM” stand for?

Why a statewide STEAM Festival?

2025 Impact

73
Event Hosts

19
Counties

327
Events

47,284
Attendees

Adventure Science Center -

American Museum of Science and Energy -

Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium -

Board and Brush -

Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County (Smyrna) -

Cannonsburgh Village -

Cason Lane Academy -

Center for the Arts -

Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville -

Cleveland Bradley County Public Library -

Collierville Burch Library -

Country Music Hall of Fame -

Creative Discovery Museum -

Discovery Center -

Discovery Park of America -

Dow Street Community Music School -

Earth Experience -

Etowah Carnegie Library -

Fort Negley Park -

Frayser Community PTSA -

Friends Of Mill Ridge Park -

Frist Art Museum -

Gateway STEM Center -

Hands On! Discovery Center -

Hardin County Library -

Humanities Tennessee/Southern Festival of Books -

Imagine Foundry -

Kidsville of Centennial Park Conservancy -

Linebaugh Public LIbrary -

Little Art House -

Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library -

Memphis Museums of Science & History -

Memphis Parks -

Metal Museum -

Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation -

Metro Water Services -

Middle Tennessee State University -

MTSU Astronomy Club -

MTSU Department of Art and Design -

MTSU Early Learning Programs -

Murfreesboro Municipal Airport -

Muse Knoxville -

Nashville Ballet -

Nashville Zoo -

Native American Indian Association of Tennessee -

Northview Primary STEM School -

Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech -

Outdoor Murfreesboro -

Paint + Canvas -

Raccoon Mountain Caverns & Campground -

Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies -

Smyrna Public Library -

So-Kno Robo -

Tennessee Performing Arts Center -

Tennessee Robotics Center (TRC) -

Tennessee State Parks -

Tennessee Theatre -

The Children's Museum of Oak Ridge -

The Curve: Nashville's Homeschool Enrichment -

The Parthenon -

TN Maker Fest -

Union Grove Elementary School -

University of Memphis Lambuth M. D. Anderson Planetarium -

UT Space Institute -

UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center -

Vanderbilt University Dyer Observatory -

Vanderbilt's Peabody Library -

Wonderworks Pigeon Forge

Adventure Science Center - American Museum of Science and Energy - Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium - Board and Brush - Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County (Smyrna) - Cannonsburgh Village - Cason Lane Academy - Center for the Arts - Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville - Cleveland Bradley County Public Library - Collierville Burch Library - Country Music Hall of Fame - Creative Discovery Museum - Discovery Center - Discovery Park of America - Dow Street Community Music School - Earth Experience - Etowah Carnegie Library - Fort Negley Park - Frayser Community PTSA - Friends Of Mill Ridge Park - Frist Art Museum - Gateway STEM Center - Hands On! Discovery Center - Hardin County Library - Humanities Tennessee/Southern Festival of Books - Imagine Foundry - Kidsville of Centennial Park Conservancy - Linebaugh Public LIbrary - Little Art House - Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library - Memphis Museums of Science & History - Memphis Parks - Metal Museum - Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation - Metro Water Services - Middle Tennessee State University - MTSU Astronomy Club - MTSU Department of Art and Design - MTSU Early Learning Programs - Murfreesboro Municipal Airport - Muse Knoxville - Nashville Ballet - Nashville Zoo - Native American Indian Association of Tennessee - Northview Primary STEM School - Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech - Outdoor Murfreesboro - Paint + Canvas - Raccoon Mountain Caverns & Campground - Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - Smyrna Public Library - So-Kno Robo - Tennessee Performing Arts Center - Tennessee Robotics Center (TRC) - Tennessee State Parks - Tennessee Theatre - The Children's Museum of Oak Ridge - The Curve: Nashville's Homeschool Enrichment - The Parthenon - TN Maker Fest - Union Grove Elementary School - University of Memphis Lambuth M. D. Anderson Planetarium - UT Space Institute - UTC Challenger STEM Learning Center - Vanderbilt University Dyer Observatory - Vanderbilt's Peabody Library - Wonderworks Pigeon Forge

Total Impact
(since 2017)

618
Event Hosts

25
Counties

1,446
Events

210,790
Attendees

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