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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.

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Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center offers educational programs allowing visitors to understand the culture of the Pequot Indians.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Performances COST - Fee, Title I GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Mashantucket
TEL - 860-396-6910
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Monsey Tours

Monsey Tours is a New York-based Charter Bus Company, providing transportation opportunities to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada with a fleet of state-of-the-art Motor Coaches.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
Long Island
New York City
PENNSYLVANIA
TEL - 800-232-8687, 718-623-9000
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Nathan Hale Homestead

This site was home to state hero Nathan Hale, and his family. Learn about the everyday life of colonial families, about the Hale family’s ardent patriotism and the Revolutionary War.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Coventry
TEL - 860-742-6917
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Nature’s Classroom

Nature’s Classroom gives students the opportunity to break out from the constraints of the walls of a school and learn from the world first hand.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Groton
Ivoryton
Lakeside
MAINE
Ocean Park
MASSACHUSETTS
Great Barrington
The Berkshires
Yarmouth Port
NEW HAMPSHIRE
VERMONT
TEL - 603-539-8053
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New Britain Museum of American Art

The New Britain Museum was founded in 1903 as the first museum strictly devoted to American art. It encompasses early work in the Colonial and Federal styles; genre painting of the 19th century; and the Impressionist, modernist, and abstract styles of the 20th century.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
New Britain
TEL - 860-229-0257
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New Haven Symphony Orchestra

The NHSO travels to Milford, Seymour, Shelton, and Woodstock to present Young People’s Concerts. It also works with students through programs designed to introduce them to instruments, genres, and composers.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities, Performances. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School CONNECTICUT
New Haven
TEL - 203-865-0831
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Old State House

The historic Old State House, completed in 1796, is the birthplace of the Connecticut state government. Visit the historic architecture, paintings, and other objects that are a part of Hartford’s history.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Hartford
TEL - 860-522-6766
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PINSTRIPES – NORWALK

Dine, Play, Celebrate! The best field trips happen at Pinstripes, an esteemed dining and entertainment destination that offers a kids-friendly Italian-American menu and a modern spin on bocce and bowling.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Norwalk
TEL - 475-470-0600
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Railroad Museum of New England

Experience the New England region’s rich railroad heritage through the museum’s educational exhibits and a ride on the Naugatuck Railroad, a fully restored 83-year-old coal-fired steam locomotive.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Thomaston
TEL - 860-283-7245
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Sacred Heart University Discovery Science Center and Planetarium

Explore the cosmos, touch a meteorite, discover physics, and more at the Discovery Science Center and Planetarium with exhibits, hands-on activities and planetarium shows. Also offers outreach and virtual programs.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
OUTREACH
VIRTUAL
TEL - 203-416-3558
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Shore Line Trolley Museum

The Shore Line Trolley Museum focuses on the history of the trolley car with a collection of nearly 100 historic vehicles along with documents and artifacts.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
East Haven
TEL - 203-467-6927
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Stanley-Whitman House

Stanley-Whitman House preserves the colonial history of Farmington, Connecticut. With costumed re-enactors, tour the 18th-century house and gardens.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Thomaston
TEL - 860-677-9222
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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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