Attendance & Membership - Then & Now Since opening its doors on June 16, 1990, the museum has had almost 3.2 million visitors!
Fiscal 2012 Attendance Statistics Paid Admissions Members Groups Birthday Parties Free
66,594 60,856 25,036 8,975 6,434
39.7% 36.2% 14.9% 5.3% 3.8%
TOTAL – 167,895
Recognition & Awards The museum was voted “Best Children’s Museum” by AAA Southern Traveler magazine. The Children’s Museum of Memphis won the 2012 Award of Excellence by the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) for its Educational Programming in the Safety House Mobile Learning Lab.