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Field Trips

TO HELP PLAN DECEMBER 2025 & JANUARY 2026 curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips & school assembly programs, these themed celebrations might be helpful. Dec. 4: World Wildlife Conservation Day. Dec. 5: International Day. Dec. 10: Dewey Decimal System Day. Human Rights Day. Nobel Prize Day. Save The Eagles Day. Dec. 11: Kaleidoscope Day. Dec. 15: Bill of Rights Day. Dec.19: Look for an Evergreen. Dec. 20: Poet Laureat Day. Dec. 21: Winter Solstice. Celebrate Short Fiction Day. Crossword Puzzle Day. JANUARY 2026: Jan. 5: National Bird Day. Jan. 8: Earth Rotation Day. Jan. 10: Houseplant Appreciation Day. Jan. 14: Ratification Day. Jan. 18: National Thesaurus Day. Jan.19: Martin Luther King Day. National Day of Service. National Imagination Day. Jan. 20: Penguin Awareness 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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Shipley Nature Center

At the Shipley Nature Center, students will explore the nature center and learn about natural science and/or local Native American culture. Tours  include birding, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, walking trails, and interpretive center.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEL - 714-842-4772

Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum

Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum’s mission is the exploration and celebration of African American history, experiences and culture through art education and outreach. Exhibits include multicultural murals, education & Asian, African, Latino & Native American art.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Sacramento
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS & OUTREACH FIELD TRIPS
TEL - 916-320-9573

Southern California Children's Museum

Southern California Children’s Museum is focused on quality early childhood education. The children’s museum is small and growing. Offers an in-person and virtual field trips. Virtual programs offer activities and videos that take young learners on a learning journey.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Pasadena
VIRTUAL
TEL - 626-657-0357

SS Jeremiah O'Brien

The mission of the National Liberty Ship Memorial is to restore, promote and operate the Liberty Ship, SS Jeremiah O’Brien, as a living museum.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Francisco
TEL - 415-544-0100

SuihoEn, The Japanese Garden

SuihoEn, The Japanese Garden’s education component consists of teaching about reclaimed water and its uses as well as Japanese symbolism and culture.  We have docent-led as well as self-guided tours available.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Van Nuys
TEL - 818-756-8166

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park founded by a Swiss immigrant, John Sutter. He received a land grant from the Mexican government and used the land to build an agricultural establishment. Special events and school programs are held monthly.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CALIFORNIA
Sacramento
TEL - 916-445-4422

The Beat Museum

The Beats were a collective of writers, artists, and thinkers in 1950s San Francisco. The Beat Museum is dedicated to carrying on the Beat’s legacy and being a resource on how one person’s perspective can have meaning to many.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Francisco
TEL - 415-399-9626

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture is part of the larger Riverside Art Museum. The center is focused on the exhibition and study of Chicano art from across the United States.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Riverside
San Bernardino
TEL - 951-684-7111

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum makes the diversity of the new perspectives where Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas thrive through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Francisco
TEL - 415-655-7800

The George F. Beattie Planetarium

At the San Bernardino Valley College. their Planetarium is where students, curious types and the community come to learn about our planet, the Solar System and the stars.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Shows COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Bernardino
TEL - 909-384-8539

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens offers a programs in literature, art, and science. In-Person and Virtual tours of its library, museum and gardens are available.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Marino
VIRTUAL
TEL - 626-405-2100

The Institute of Contemporary Art

The Institute of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum. It is an independent and non-collecting art museum that exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEL - 213-928-0833
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