Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown

Young Explorer kits, listening stations and hands-on recording and music activities make the galleries work for kids.

Diner with Southern breakfast and lunch plates like fried chicken over waffles, plus a kids menu.

All-suite hotel with an indoor pool and breakfast, and connecting rooms for bigger families.

Riverfront play space with sand play, a bouncing pad, a maze, a tandem seesaw, climbing ropes and a slide built into the embankment.

Hands-on art-making space inside the art museum, with stations that change along with the exhibitions, for every age.

A hands-on science centre with exhibits on bees, the human body and dinosaurs, plus planetarium shows.