Hamilton County kindergarteners to receive free Creative Discovery Museum passes

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — All kindergarten students in Hamilton County will soon be receiving free season passes to the Creative Discovery Museum.

Courtesy: Creative Discovery Museum

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp made this announcement on Wednesday at the Creative Discovery Museum.

“The future of our county will be defined by how well we serve our youngest citizens today, and this partnership will give every kindergartener in our community an equal opportunity to experience our world-class Creative Discovery Museum,” Mayor Wamp said. “My hope is that as families are adjusting to the first year of elementary school, they are able to use these passes to spend quality time playing and learning together.”

Each Hamilton County kindergarten student will get four free passes to the Creative Discovery Museum. Those passes will allow unlimited uses until June 30, 2024.

Mayor Wamp says this will impact nearly 4,000 families across the county.

Kindergarteners will start getting these passes during school in the next few weeks.

The funding for these passes comes from the 2024 Hamilton County budget. And the Hamilton County Commission unanimously passed this funding.

People learn the most during their early childhood, according to the vice president of education at the Creative Discovery Museum, Claire Stockman.

“This wonderful partnership with Hamilton County will give access to the museum to all HCS kindergarteners and their caregivers and we can’t wait to witness the learning, growing, and relationship-building that will build strong foundations and support classroom learning for the rest of these students’ school careers,” Stockman added.