Alabama Field Trips - Statewide | Field Trip Directory

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To help plan March & April curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these monthly themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MARCH. Monthly: National Reading Month, Music in Our Schools, Craft Month, National Nutrition, National Women’s History, and National Ethics Month. APRIL: Monthly: Keep America Beautiful. National Gardens. National Poetry. Jazz Appreciation. Global Astronomy. National Humor. Arab Heritage. Weekly/Daily: Apr. 2: International Children’s Book Day. Apr. 5: National Geologists Day. Read a Road Map Day. April 5-9: National Wildlife Week. Apr. 8: Draw a Picture of a Bird Day. Zoo Lovers Day. Apr. 10: National Farm Animals Day. Apr. 12: International Day of Human Space Flight. April 13: International Plant Appreciation Day. Scrabble Day. Apr. 19-25: National Library Week. National Volunteer Week. 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.

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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
Gulf Coast Region
MobileTEL - 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.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool ALABAMA
Gulf Coast Region
MobileTEL - 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
Gulf Coast Region
MobileTEL - 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
MontgomeryTEL - 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
MontgomeryTEL - 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

MoundvilleTEL - 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
MontgomeryTEL - 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
BirminghamTEL - 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
HuntsvilleTEL - 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
MontgomeryTEL - 334-240-4500

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

Penton Farm

At Penton Farm, come for fall fun at the pumpkin patch, 5 1/2 acre corn maze, animal barn to see farm animals and games and activities. Picnic area is available.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
VerbenaTEL - 205-351-1480

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