Partial list of area museumsCreative Discovery Museum321 Chestnut St.756-2738www.cdmfun.orgTennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.265-0695www.tnaqua.orgInternational Towing & Recovery Museum3315 Broad St.267-3132www.international towingmuseum.orgHunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff View267-0968www.huntermuseum.orgChattanooga African-American Museum200 E. M.L. King Blvd.266-8658www.caamhistory.orgChattanooga History Center615 Lindsay St.265-3247www.chattanoogahistory.orgDragon Dreams Museum & Gift Shop6724 East Brainerd Road892-2384www.dragonvet.comHouston Museum of Decorative Arts201 High St.267-7176www.thehoustonmuseum.com
Part of the appeal of visiting downtown Chattanooga is that you can park your car at the hotel on a Friday night and not have to climb back in it until checkout time Sunday.
There are plenty of restaurants, museums, a minor- league ballpark, shops and things to look at or visit to keep a visitor entertained for a couple of days, tourism officials say.
“And it’s not just that they can walk, but it is the experience and adventure they experience while they are walking,” said Katrina Craven, public relations and marketing director at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
She said visitors walking from the Tennessee Aquarium to the Hunter or to AT&T Field or Coolidge Park get to experience the Walnut Street Bridge, the 21st Century Riverfront, the Passage, the Holmberg Pedestrian Bridge with its glass panel flooring, public art pieces and a variety of other visual stimuli.