Nashville's Favorite Kids Easter Events

Kids can search for candy-filled eggs on the front lawn of the Belle Meade Plantation, meet the Easter Bunny, play 19th century games, and even enjoy making a few spring crafts too.
Cost:It's FREE!
Belle Meade Plantation
5025 Harding Road
615-356-0501

Take an afternoon train ride with Peter Cottontail all the way to Watertown where you can join in on an egg hunt. Boarding at the Railway Museum starts at 8:30 a.m. and returns at around 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $18 - $60
Tennessee Central Railway Museum
220 Willow Street
615-244-9001

The Eggstravaganzoo is the Nashville Zoo's annual Easter event and one of Nashville's most popular Easter events. Kids will enjoy getting special treats and even a few to give to the animals too. The Easter Bunny will be on hand to meet with the kids but the main event is their Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Make sure to forewarn the kids that all of the easter eggs are empty but not to fret because after each egg hunt they can be turned in for a variety of special prizes.
Cost: Free with paid Zoo admission
Nashville Zoo
777 Nolensville Road
615-833-1534

There's no better place in Nashville to learn about the Lord's Last Supper than the Upper Room Chapel. That hosts a woodcarving, sculpted by Ernest Pellegrini, of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper." Visitors can also enjoy the Upper Room Museum, whose permanent collection reflects the international, interracial, and interdenominational nature of The Upper Room.
Cost: It's Free but a $4 donation is encouraged.
Upper Room Chapel
1908 Grand Avenue
615-340-7207

This annual event at Cheekwood includes a visit from the Easter Bunny, an Easter Egg Hunt, live entertainment, a magician as well as plenty of other fun Easter activities. Make sure to stop by and enjoy their Fabergé Exhibit that includes Russian Imperial Easter eggs.
Cost: Free with paid admission (under 18 free)
Cheekwood Museum of Art
1200 Forrest Park Drive
615-353-9827

No celebration of Easter would be complete in Nashville without a trip to see Phillip's Toymart Live Bunny Exhibit. The Toymart exhibit hosts about two dozen of these long-haired critters.
Cost: Free
Phillip's Toymart
5207 Harding Road
615-352-5363