Discovery Center’s “Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out” Exhibit Now Open
The emotional lives of kids are at the center of the center's new exhibit with everything brought to life by Pixar's film "Inside Out."
By Michael Aldrich
Published September, 2025
Updated October 27, 2025
Kids can get ready to feel the fun at The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring with Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out. The museum’s newest featured exhibit opens Saturday, September 13. Based on Disney and Pixar’s hit animated feature hit, Inside Out, the interactive exhibit can help kids understand the role emotions, memory and imaginative play in everyday lives.
The exhibit focuses on the five core emotions featured in the film: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear. Hands-on and digital experiences let kids explore some of the ways humans express emotions.
In Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out, Discovery Center visitors can:
Step into headquarters to explore the range and intensity of emotions at the Control Panel
Explore some of the ways we show how we feel with our faces and bodies at the Emotions Mirrors
Think about an important memory and how it made you feel — or show how you are feeling right now by creating a glowing Memory Sphere
Use your imagination to create a story and perform it at Dream Productions
Work to keep the train on track — what feelings do you have when you control and balance the Train of Thought?
Explore how emotions work together as you stack and balance the Emotion Blocks
Michael Aldrich is Nashville Parent's Managing Editor and a Middle Tennessee arts writer. He and his wife, Alison, are the proud parents of 6-year-old Ezra and 2-year-old Norah.
