Fields Trips!

FIELD TRIPS!
As the summer quickly approaches, we have been gathering suggestions for great field trips to keep the learning going all year long! Enjoy the list!
History

• Williamsburg , VA
  
  • Colonial Williamsburg Homeschool Days:
    ​ https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/visit/group-tours/homeschool/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=tickets-nonbrand&utm_content=cwf-homeschooldays-2024&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAlcyuBhBnEiwAOGZ2S8gDbXDXHBNRUzL-jfUwdMh5KHLjgXthWGsERVKQcni4h-8M7paGPBoCcIcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 
    
  • Jamestown Settlement: https://www.jyfmuseums.org/visit/jamestown-settlement
    
  • Historic Jamestown (different from settlement): https://historicjamestowne.org/
    
  • American Revolution Museum: https://www.jyfmuseums.org/home
    
• 4th Graders (and their families!) get in FREE to National Parks:
  https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/every-kid-outdoors-program-provides-fourth-grade-students-with-free-entrance-to-public-lands.htm 
  
• Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: https://www.medievaltimes.com/baltimore 
  
• Smithsonian Museums
  
  • American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/ 
    
  • African American History Museum: https://nmaahc.si.edu/ 
    
  • National Museum of the American Indian
    
• B&O Railroad Museum: https://www.borail.org/ 
  
• Mount Vernon (VA): https://www.mountvernon.org/ 
  
• Harriet Tubman Museum: https://www.harriettubmanmuseumcenter.org/ 
  
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/ 
  
• Carroll County Farm Museum: https://carrollcountyfarmmuseum.org/ 
  
• Seneca Schoolhouse: https://www.historicmedley.org/visit/seneca-schoolhouse/ 
  
• Fort McHenry: https://nps.gov/fomc/index.htm 
  
• Glencairn Museum (Medieval) (Bryn Athyn, PA): https://www.glencairnmuseum.org
  
• Ephrata Cloister (Colonial) (Ephrata, PA): https://ephratacloister.org/
  

English

• Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum: https://www.poeinbaltimore.org/ 
  

Art

• Smithsonian
  
  • American Art Museum: https://www.si.edu/museums/american-art-museum 
    
  • Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/ 
    
  • National Museum of African Art: https://africa.si.edu/ 
    
  • National Portrait Gallery: https://npg.si.edu/home/national-portrait-gallery 
    
  • Renwick Gallery: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/ 
    
• Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburg): https://www.warhol.org/ 
  
• Walters Art Museum: https://thewalters.org/ 
  
• Baltimore Museum of Art: https://artbma.org/ 
  

Music

• Midweek Concerts at the BSO: https://www.bsomusic.org/education/schools/midweeks/ 
  
• Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series:
  

https://www.belairmd.org/548/Summer-Concerts
 
Science

• Maryland Science Center Homeschool Programs:
  https://www.mdsci.org/learn/for-parents-homeschoolers/
  
• Maryland Zoo-
  https://www.marylandzoo.org/visit/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAlcyuBhBnEiwAOGZ2S_aRh8Pf9KZ9v-M7kPlglhVqJxOdbKNWZWim6kcmXcCOpxw1VIwc4RoC4q8QAvD_BwE 
  
• National Aquarium in Baltimore- https://aqua.org/visit 
  
  • Half Price on Friday evenings!
    
• Port Discovery: https://www.portdiscovery.org/ 
  
• Smithsonian Museums: 
  
  • Natural History Museum: https://naturalhistory.si.edu 
    
  • National Air and Space Museum: https://www.si.edu/museums/air-and-space-museum
    

• Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD: https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/visitor-center/
  

• National Zoo - https://nationalzoo.si.edu/ 
  

• National Building Museum: https://www.nbm.org/ 
  
• Hashawa/Bear Branch Nature Center:
  https://www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/recreation-parks/places-to-go/hashawha-environmental-center-bear-branch-nature-center/ 
  
  • Be sure to check out the Planetarium at Bear Branch Nature Center!
    
• Piney Run Park Field Trips
  
  • Senses and Seasons (Grades Pre-K to K)
    
  • Habitat Explorers (K-8)
    
  • Amazing Insects (K-8)
    
  • Aquatic Exploration (Grades 2-8)
    
  • Birds of a Feather (Grades 4-8)
    
• Gardens
  
  • Longwood Garden (PA):
    https://longwoodgardens.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAlcyuBhBnEiwAOGZ2SzTPVeq6cd3Il29Ptp0Gt0WdZrz7j19mp2xaw4vSi1cUN8Lh4UwbzBoC6WQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 
    
  • Phipps Conservatory (PA):
    https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/exhibits-and-events/calendar 
    
  • Ladew Garden (MD):
    https://ladewgardens.com/
    

Theater: 

• Sight and Sound: https://www.sight-sound.com/ 
  
• Hershey Theater: https://www.hersheyentertainment.com/hershey-theatre/ 
  

Misc.

• Kid Friendly MD- This website and facebook page give many updates with information about local (MD, DC, VA) places that are kid friendly. Some of them are educational, and some posts are about amazing playgrounds and ice cream shops: 
  
  • Website: https://sunshinewhispers.com/kid-friendly-maryland/ 
    
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidfriendlymaryland
    
• Great Wolf Lodge in PA and MD Homeschool Group Trips:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/143077059614959
  
• Lighthouse Tours: https://www.visitmaryland.org/list/take-tour-marylands-lighthouses
  
• U.S. Naval Academy: https://navalacademytourism.com/visitor-center
  

(Free to walk around by yourself, or tours available at cost. Park in downtown Annapolis and enter the academy grounds through Gate 1. All visitors over 18 need a license or valid picture ID to enter.)
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