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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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Connecticut College Arboretum

The Connecticut College Arboretum provides a connection with the natural world. Groups can go on a self-guided exploration of the 750-acre Native Plant Collection, Caroline Black Garden, and international tree collection.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
New LondonTEL - 860-439-5020

Connecticut Museum of Mining & Mineral Science

Learn about Connecticut’s geology, mineralogy, and archaeology with the Connecticut Museum of Mining & Mineral Science’s exhibits that focus on earth science.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
KentTEL - 860-927-0050

Connecticut Repertory Theatre

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre offers performances that will educate and entertain offering a full range of interest, there’s something for all.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
StorrsTEL - 860-486-2113

Connecticut Science Center

The Connecticut Science Center provides a fun, high-tech space for groups to explore physics, forensics, geology, and astronomy with 165 hands-on exhibits.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
HartfordTEL - 860-520-2150

Connecticut Supreme Court

More than 100 years old and the highest court in Connecticut, the External Affairs Division of the Connecticut Judicial Branch provides tours of the Supreme Court courtroom on weekdays.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
HartfordTEL - 860-757-2270

Custom House Maritime Museum

The Custom House Maritime Museum, located in downtown New London, tells the history of the local waterfront through artifacts, tours, and events.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
New LondonTEL - 860-447-2501

Danbury Railway Museum

The Danbury Railway Museum is a railway museum housed in the former Union Station and offers a short train excursions. The museum’s mission is to educate the public as to the history of railroading and to the role of the railroads as part of our local and national heritage.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Danbury - MetroTEL - 203-778-8337

Darien Nature Center

The Darien Nature Center is home to woodland trails, streams, marshes, and prairie pockets. Visitors can meet animals at the Center and participate in naturalist-led programs.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout CONNECTICUT
DarienTEL - 203-655-7459

Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center’s 350-acre sanctuary allows groups to learn about southeastern Connecticut’s habitats, wildlife, and plants through natural history exhibits and hands-on displays.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Mystic
New LondonTEL - 860-536-1216

Dinosaur State Park & Arboretum

Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum features more than 500 Early Jurassic dinosaur footprints, interactive exhibits that highlight dinosaurs, evolution, and Connecticut geology.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Rock HillTEL - 860-529-5816

Downtown Cabaret Theatre

The Downtown Cabaret Theatre offers a diverse array of performances, including a children’s theater, musical theater and many popular Broadway musicals.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
BridgeportTEL - 203-576-1636

Dudley Farm Museum

Visit the 19th-century Dudley Farm Museum, and discover what life was like in the year 1900 on the farm. With costumed interpreters, tour the restored farm and hear stories about the home’s inhabitants.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
GuilfordTEL - 203-457-0770
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FieldTripdirectory.com offers enriching experiences for Connecticut school groups, scout groups, homeschool groups, camp groups and families at Connecticut Museums.

Connecticut Museums offer field trips that offer hands-on exhibits, guided tours and guided activities for early childhood through high school grades. Connecticut Art Museums, Science Museums, History Museums, Multicultural Museums and Children’s Museums offers educational experiences that support classroom curriculum and scout badge achievement. Beside museums, you can search for other learning experiences at Botanical Gardens, Planetariums, Living History Programs, STEM & STEAM, Planetariums, Farms, Zoos and Aquariums, Theaters and Concerts, Service Learning and more.

Can’t go on a field trip to a museum, your students, scouts, and families can still experience these fun enriching experience by scheduling a Museum Virtual Field Trip anywhere and at anytime.

Want the fun to come to you- book a School Assembly Programs, Outreach Field Trips or Residency at your school, homeschool association or scout council. They support and enhance a school’s curriculum, offers opportunities for scout badge achievement and enriches a camp program. There are mobile museum exhibits, traveling planetariums and classroom and grade level workshops and residencies.

To help fund field trips, virtual programs and school assembly programs visit our section on Grants and Fundraising Programs.

 

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