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To help plan APRIL curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these April themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MONTHLY: Keep America Beautiful. National Gardens. National Humor. National Poetry. Stress Awareness. DAILY: Apr. 2: International Children’s Book Day. Apr. 3: National Geologists Day. Apr. 4: School Librarians’ Day. Apr. 5: Read a Road May Day. Apr. 7: World Health Day. Apr. 8: Draw a Picture of a Bird Day. Zoo Lovers Day. Apr. 10: National Farm Animals Day. Apr. 18: National Scrabble Day. Apr. 15: World Art Day. Apr. 22: Earth Day. Apr. 25: World Penguin 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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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
Guilford
TEL - 203-457-0770

Earthplace - The Nature Discovery Center

Earthplace is a nature center, wildlife sanctuary, and natural history museum home to many trails, animals, and indoor natural history exhibits and dioramas.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Westport
TEL - 203-557-4400

Eli Whitney Museum

The Whitney Workshop at the Eli Whitney Museum is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, & families. For 27 years we have collected, interpreted, and taught experiments that are the roots of design and invention.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School CONNECTICUTTEL - 203-777-1833

Ethnic Heritage Center

Located at Southern Connecticut State University, the Ethnic Heritage Center celebrates diversity while recognizing a common humanity among cultures.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
New Haven
TEL - 203-392-6126

F.R.E.S.H. New London

Short for Food, Resources, Education, Security, Health, F.R.E.S.H. New London is a series of farms strives to inspire environmental stewardship, inspire activism, and connect community.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities, Guided Tours. COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
New London
TEL - 860-376-9970

Fairfield Museum

The Fairfield Museum offers walking tours, colonial life programs, and inquiry-based museum programs. The Museum’s permanent exhibit explores Fairfield’s history through six time periods.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities, Outreach. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Camp, Family CONNECTICUT
Fairfield
TEL - 203-259-1598

Fairfield University Art Museum

At Fairfield University Art Museum, groups will see European, Asian, African, Pre-Columbian, and American paintings, drawings, prints, objects, and photographs.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Fairfield
TEL - 203-254-4046

Fire Museum

Home to the Connecticut Firemen’s Historical Society, the Fire Museum is located inside a 1901 wooden firehouse amidst the renovated red-brick mill buildings.

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 CONNECTICUT
Manchester
TEL - 860-649-9436

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust, on 200-acres, is home to historic buildings and an education centers with exhibits on visual art, agricultural history, antiques, farming tools, and more.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, School, Family CONNECTICUT
Woodbury
TEL - 203-263-3711

Florence Griswold Museum

The Florence Griswold Museum’s collection is artwork from the 18th century to the present reflects the development of American Tonalism and Impressionist painting styles. Tour the historic Griswold House and enjoy a hands-on landscape painting project.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Old Lyme
TEL - 860-434-5542

Fort Hill Farms

Fort Hill Farms is a true farm featuring an abundance of wide-open spaces and healthy animals for groups to such as cows, peacocks, and guinea hens.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CONNECTICUT
Thompson
TEL - 860-923-3439

Fox Hill Tower

The Fox Hill Tower is a war memorial tower dedicated to all Vernon and Rockville veterans. The tower was designed by Walter B. Chambers, a New York architect.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool CONNECTICUT
Vernon
TEL - 860-870-3520
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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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