Join us this Fall and Winter as we explore the world around us through animal encounters, Aquarium tours, activities, hands-on explorations, and so much more! Create your camper profile so that you are ready when registration opens!
Camp Times
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Before Care and After Care are not available for the Fall and Winter Camp season.
View the map of our drop off and pick up route that we use daily.
Fall Camp
Theme: Claws and Paws Survival
Date: October 14th – 18th
Ages: 5-9 years old
Price: $280 for non-Members; $252 for Aquarium Members
Spend the week with us as we learn how animals adapt to the changing seasons! We will begin by learning about how the environment changes. As the week progresses, we will meet some wonderful Ambassador Animals to see how they undergo changes that prepare them for winter. After exploring the Aquarium, playing games, and building crafts we will end the week by putting our skills to the test to see if we are ready to survive winter.
Winter Camp
Theme: Guardians of the Glaciers
Date: December 30th to January 3rd
Ages: 5-9 years old
Price: $280 for non-Members; $252 for Aquarium Members
During this week of winter Aqua Camp, we will explore winter habitats and discover how the animals that call them home thrive. We’ll start off the week with an Aquarium tour to explore different winter habitats. Daily, we will learn about a new winter animal and their specific adaptations and strategies to thrive in their natural habitat by playing games, building crafts, and owl pellet dissections. We’ll wrap up the week with an animal track scavenger hunt across the Aquarium and Plaza!
Theme: Frozen Friends
Date: January 6th to 7th
Ages: 5-9 years old
Price: $120 for non-Members; $108 for Aquarium Members
Join us for a 2-day adventure at Aqua Camp to meet some new frozen friends. During this short week of camp we will play games, make crafts, explore through science, and tour the Aquarium! Each day we will meet new Ambassador Animals to call friends and learn more about their adaptations.
Spring Camp
Theme: Kooky Critters
Date: February 17th
Ages: 5-9 years old
Price: $60 for non-Members; $50 for Aquarium Members
Discover how kooky some critters are as they thrive in their habitats. We will begin the day with an adventure through the Aquarium then learn through hands-on experiments and meet one of our Ambassador Animals. Join as we spend the day marveling at unique animals!
Aqua Camp Scholarships
The Tennessee Aquarium is offering a limited number of scholarships available for children to participate in the School-Time Season of Aqua Camp. All scholarships may be subsidized up to 90% of the program fee; awardees that are offered a partial scholarship will be required to pay any remaining balance.
Scholarship applications are open now until Monday November 18, 2024.
Questions?
Contact Shelley McIntyre at summercamp@tnaqua.org or 423-785-4093.