Birmingham Field Trips - Birmingham, Al

The FieldTripDirectory.com is a resource for field trips in Birmingham, Alabama for students, camp groups, homeschool groups and scout troops for day field trips, overnight field trips and youth retreats. Learn about Birmingham’s museums, zoos and aquariums, botanic gardens, nature centers, historic sites, amusement parks, recreation, performing arts and more, CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for further field trip information.

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Jones Valley Teaching Farm Center for Food Education

Jones Valley Teaching Farm is an urban farm and educational center in downtown Birmingham, AL offering hands-on experiential learning through food, farming, and the culinary arts.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-453-7268 Read More

Aldridge Gardens

Aldridge Gardens offers curriculum-based outdoor field trips for elementary school students that cover Trees, Habitats, Soil Science, Composting, Plants.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Birmingham
HooverTEL - 205-682-8019

Arlington Antebellum Home & Garden

Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, a two-story frame structure was built between 1845–50, is a former plantation house and 6 acres of landscaped gardens.

GRADE LEVEL - Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-780-5656

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum has the world’s largest motorcycle collection and offers guided tour with a visit to the Restoration Level.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Birmingham
LeedsTEL - 205-699-7275

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a museum and research center that depicts the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s thru self-guided multi-media tours.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self Guided Tours, Outreach COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-328-9696

Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art has more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts dating from ancient to modern times.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-328-7850

Birmingham Zoo

The Birmingham Zoo offers learning programs in our 122 acre classroom with access to 950 animals from 230 different species, including endangered species from six continents.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-879-0409

Negro Southern League Museum

Dedicated to African-American baseball with memorabilia & a research center, the Negro Southern League Museum which blends history, sports, and innovation.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, School ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-581-3040

Peinhardt Living History Farm

The Peinhardt Living History Farm focuses on the life on a rural working family farm in the 1930’s and 1940’s. In the fall, students will rotate through 5 stations focusing on farm life in the 1930s.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trip, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool ALABAMA
Birmingham
CullmanTEL - 256-739-7007

Ruffner Mountain

At Ruffner Mountain, students learn concepts across all disciplines by exploring the trails and learn about our native animal ambassadors found on 1,000 acre Nature Preserve.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-833-8264

Samford’s Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium

Samford’s Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium provides visitors a unique opportunity to explore our universe, bringing knowledge about space and science in an interactive and engaging manner.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-726-2011

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Sloss Furnaces, once the largest manufacturer of pig iron, stands as a monument to the Industrial Revolution. Offers tours and hands-on cast iron art workshops.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
BirminghamTEL - 205-254-2025