DESTINATIONS

COLORADO
Field Trips

To help plan March curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these March themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MONTHLY: Music in Our Schools. Craft Month. National Nutrition. National Women’s History. National Ethics Month. DAILY: Mar. 1: Peace Corps Day. Mar. 3: National Anthem Day. World Wildlife Day. Mar. 4: National Grammar Day. Mar. 8: International (Working) Women’s Day. Mar. 10: Harriet Tubman-Birthday. Mar. 11: Genealogy Day. Johnny Appleseed Day. Mar. 12: Plant a Flower. Mar. 14: Learn about Butterflies. National Pi Day. International Day of Mathematics. Mar. 15: Ides of March. World Consumer Rights Day. Mar. 16: Freedom of Information Day. Mar. 18: National Quilting.  Mar. 20: Earth Day (Vernal Equinox). World Folklore Tales and Fables Week (March 20- 26). Mar. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. National Common Courtesy Day. World Poetry Day. Mar. 26: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for further field trip information. For those unable to travel to these locations, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

American Museum of Western Art

The American Museum of Western Art depicts the American West from the early 1800s through the present day. The art presented is intended to give and understanding and appreciation of the character, history, and beauty of the American West.

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 COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-293-2000

Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

The Black American West Museum and Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to telling the story of African American men and women who helped to settle and develop the American West, including Black cowboys.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-242-7428

Center for Colorado Women’s History

The Byers–Evans House is the home of History Colorado’s Center for Colorado Women’s History. The Center is a history museum that focuses on the bold stories, memories, and experiences of women of Colorado.

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 COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-620-4933

Children's Museum of Denver

The Children’s Museum of Denver is located in a 46,902 square foot building on a 9-acre campus and has 20 exhibits. Our exhibits are hands-on, interactive and totally one-of-a-kind.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-433-7444

Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum today is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum’s global art collections represent cultures around the world, with more than 70,000 works of art in 12 collections.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-865-5000

Denver Botanic Gardens

The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public 23-acre park that contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens with seven living collections, two natural history collections (herbaria), an arthropods collection, art collections and a library.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-865-3500

Denver Firefighters Museum

The Denver Firefighters Museum is to preserve the history of the Denver Fire Department and  firefighting through the collection and preservation of artifacts, documents and photographs. The Museum also educates the  public about fire safety.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-892-1436

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has over 250,000 square feet of event space which includes the award-winning Wildlife Diorama Halls, Coors gems & minerals, Space Odyssey, and our famous dinosaurs within Prehistoric Journey.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-370-6000

Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo is dedicated to providing intimate, inspiring and informative first-hand encounter with the wonders of nature on their 84-acre campus, where 3,000+ wonderful wild animals serve as ambassadors for their wild counterparts all over the world.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-337-1400

Dinosaur National Monument

View dinosaur remains embedded in rock and petroglyphs of earlier cultures at Dinosaur National Monument. Virtual field trips on paleontology and geology are available.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool COLORADO
Dinosaur
UTAH
Jensen
VIRTUAL
TEL - 435-781-7700

Downtown Aquarium

The Downtown Aquarium is a public aquarium with more than a million gallons of underwater exhibits that highlight fascinating ecosystems around the world with  over 500 species of animals and the interactive Stingray Reef touch tank.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-561-4450

Forney Museum of Transportation

The Forney Museum of Transportation is a one-of-a-kind collection of over 800 artifacts relating to historical transportation, which exists to collect, preserve, and exhibit items of artistic, historical and technological interest relating to transportation for the purposes of education.

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 COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-297-1113
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Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered as part of the Western and Southwestern regions. From west to east, the state is comprised of desert-like basins turning into plateaus, then alpine mountains, and then the grasslands of the Great Plains. Colorado has more than 50 mountain peaks. Native American tribes have played an influential role in the state’s settlement and culture.