Editing Murfreesboro, Tennessee (section)

===Museums===
The [[Discovery Center at Murfree Spring]] is a nature center and interactive museum focusing on children and families. The facility includes {{convert|20|acre|0}} of wetlands with a variety of animals.<ref name="dnj20140221">{{cite news |url=http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014302220007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140326205356/http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014302220007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |title=Discovery Center adds Lifelong Learning classes |work=[[The Daily News Journal]] |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref>

[[Bradley Academy Museum]] contains collectibles and exhibits of the first school in Rutherford County. This school was later renovated to become the only African American school in Murfreesboro, which closed in 1955.<ref name="Littman2013"/><ref name="boropost20100124">{{cite news |url=http://www.murfreesboropost.com/bradley-academy-dates-back-to-1811-cms-21514 |title=Bradley Academy dates back to 1811 |work=Murfreesboro Post |first=Mike |last=West |date=January 24, 2010 |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201165222/http://www.murfreesboropost.com/bradley-academy-dates-back-to-1811-cms-21514 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Stones River National Battlefield]] is a national park that memorializes the [[Battle of Stones River]], which took place during the American Civil War during December 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863. The grounds include a museum, a national cemetery, monuments, and the remains of a large earthen fortification called Fortress Rosecrans.<ref name="Littman2013"/>

[[Oaklands Historic House Museum]] is a 19th-century mansion which became involved in the Civil War. It was occupied as a residence until the 1950s, after which it was purchased by the City of Murfreesboro and renovated into a museum by the Oaklands Association.<ref name="Littman2013"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oaklandsmuseum.org/history.php |title=History of Oaklands Plantation |publisher=Oaklands Historic House Museum |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127035624/http://www.oaklandsmuseum.org/history.php |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Earth Experience: The Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History is the only [[natural history museum]] in Middle Tennessee. The museum opened in September 2014 and features more than 2,000 items on display, including a complete replica ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' skeleton.<ref name="dnj20140908">{{cite news |url=http://www.dnj.com/story/life/2014/09/08/earth-experience-museum-now-open/15298109/ |title=Earth Experience: Museum now open |work=Daily News Journal |first=Nancy |last=De Gennaro |date=September 8, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref><ref name="sidelines20170224">{{cite news |url=http://mtsusidelines.com/2017/02/rock-on-murfreesboros-museum-of-natural-history/ |title='Rock on': Murfreesboro's Museum of Natural History |work=MTSU Sidelines |first=Caleb |last=Revill |date=February 24, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033912/http://mtsusidelines.com/2017/02/rock-on-murfreesboros-museum-of-natural-history/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>