Alabama Field Trips - Statewide | Field Trip Directory

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To help plan MAY curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these May themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. Monthly: National Inventors Month. American Wetlands Month. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. May 6-10: Teacher Appreciation Week. May 8: World Red Cross Day. May 12: National Limerick Day. Odometer Day. National Plant Health. May 13: International Migratory Bird Day. May 16: Love a Tree Day. Do Something Good for your Neighborhood. Biographer’s Day. May 17: National Endangered Species Day. May 18: International Astronomy Day. International Museum Day. May 19: Plant Something Day. May 20: Weights and Measures Day. World Bee Day. May 22: National Maritime Day. May 28: Amnesty International Day. May 29: Learn About Composting Day. May 30: International Jazz Day. May 31: National Smile 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.

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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
MobileTEL - 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
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.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool ALABAMA
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
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

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