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Field Trips

To help plan OCTOBER 2025 curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips & school assembly programs, these October themed celebrations might be helpful. MONTHLY: National Bullying Prevention Month; National Book Month; National Fire Prevention Month. WEEKLY: Oct 10-16: Earth Science Week; Oct. 3-9: National Newspaper Week. DAILY: Oct. 3: Butterfly and Hummingbird Day. Look at the Leaves Day. National Body Language Day. Oct. 4: National Diversity Day. Oct. 8: National Stop Bullying Day. National World Octopus Day. Oct. 11: World Migratory Bird Day. Oct 16: National Dictionary Day. National Get Smart About Credit Day. Oct. 20: National Day On Writing. Oct. 24: United Nations Day. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for activity type of field trips to learn about. For those unable to travel to these locations, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum

The Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum advances knowledge and appreciation of Tuscaloosa’s local and regional history.

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

Mobile Botanical Gardens

Mobile Botanical Gardens provides experiences that help visitors appreciate the unique Gulf Coast environment. The Gardens serve as a living classroom for visitors.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Mobile
TEL - 251-342-0555

Mobile Carnival Museum

The Mobile Carnival Museum chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. Discover the art of costume design, float construction& more.

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
Mobile
TEL - 251-432-3324

Mobile Medical Museum

The Mobile Medical Museum’s exhibit showcases over 300 yrs of local & world medical history, from the colonial period thru the present. Offers curriculum-based tours.​

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool ALABAMA
Mobile
TEL - 251-415-1109

Mobile Museum of Art

The Mobile Museum of Art features extensive art collections from the Southern United States, the Americas, Europe, and non-western art. Field trips offers themed tours and art activities.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trip, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Mobile
TEL - 251-208-5200

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts offers a variety of curriculum-based tours on site or programs at schools in English, Korean, Spanish, and German.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Outreach COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
TEL - 334-625-4333

Montgomery Zoo & Mann Wildlife Learning

Montgomery Zoo is a 40-acre zoo, home to approximately 750 animals representing 140 species. Guided tours, animal encounters and hands-on activities.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
TEL - 334-625-4900

Moundville Archaeological Park

Moundville Archaeological Park is one of the nation’s premier Native American heritage sites with 29 platform mounds, an archaeological museum & a nature trail.

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

Moundville
TEL - 205-371-8732

Museum of Alabama

At the Museum of Alabama visitors can explore Alabama’s past from prehistory to the present including exhibits on geology and natural resources that helped shape the state’s history.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
TEL - 334-242-4435

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
Birmingham
TEL - 205-581-3040

North Alabama Railroad Museum

North Alabama Railroad Museum preserves railroad history, includes exhibits, the Chase Depot and a ride on a vintage train.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day trip, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Chase
Huntsville
TEL - 256-851-6276

Old Alabama Town

Old Alabama Town were visitors increase their understanding of the history of Alabama through hands-on experiences of life in the 19th and early 20th century.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
TEL - 334-240-4500
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