MAINE
Field Trips

The Curran Homestead is a 19th century living history farm and museum, dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the rural Maine family farm.

Historical, cultural, and scientific fields of study are brought to life through direct engagement with original art objects at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

The Desert of Maine is comprised of sand and mineral deposits left behind by a glacier during the last Ice Age. Veins of hundreds of shades of sand run through the Desert floor. This unique site make it a great place for learning.

The George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History investigates, interprets, and displays the natural world of Maine. Visitors of all ages can touch, smell, listen and create while learning about the natural history of Maine. 

As Northern New England’s largest water and amusement park, Funtown Splashtown USA attracts visitors from around the region.

The Maine State Aquarium features a collection of regional fish and invertebrates, extraordinary lobsters in all sizes and colors and colorful marine life.

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.

The Portland Museum of Art exhibits American, European, and contemporary art, as well as iconic works from Maine—highlighting the rich artistic tradition of the state and its artists.

Groups and families can sail Schooner Heron on the coastal waters of Camden Rockport and Rockland in the Penobscot Bay offering tours including an educational eco wildlife sail, and other sails.

The Emera Astronomy Center and M.F. Jordan Planetarium offers a variety of unique, immersive public, private & mobile planetarium programs; school, homeschool, and scout programming.

Within the Wadsworth–Longfellow House walls lived three generations of one remarkable family that made significant contributions to the political, literary, and cultural life of New England and the United States.