MAINE
Field Trips

Mainelyminis Miniature Horse Farm is a fun field trip to a miniature horse farm with tours and miniature horse rides. They have 16-20 miniature horses with mini babies arriving in spring and summer.

Merryspring Nature Center, a 66-acre nature park and education center, mission is to practice, teach and advocate sound principles of ecology, conservation and horticulture. 

Monkey C Monkey Do is Maine’s premiere high-flying adventure park. Visitors navigate through obstacles 12 to 50 feet in the air then zoom along one of the zip lines or onto the giant swing!

The Mount Desert Island Historical Society celebrates the lives of the people, traditions, and events that have shaped the local history. 2 locations: the Sound School House Museum and the Somesville Museum & Gardens. 

Designated a National Historic Landmark, the Neal Dow House is a late Federal-style mansion built in 1829. “Federal” style connotes a period in American history when the federal government was being developed and honed.

The Nylander Museum of Natural History was designed to house the collections of Olof O. Nylander, a self-taught scholar and scientist who emigrated from Oremella, Sweden. 

The Owls Head Transportation Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft, ground vehicles, engines and related technologies significant to the evolution of transportation for the purpose of education.

Page Farm and Home Museum is home to the state’s most important collection of farm technologies and artifacts of rural culture. Visitors will be able to gain valuable and practical insights into Maine’s rural past.

Palace Playland is a four-acre amusement park featuring over 25 rides and attractions. Their 24,000 square foot arcade is one of the largest in New England.

The Penobscot Marine Museum features various historic buildings and exhibits that celebrate the maritime culture of the Penobscot Bay region. Eight of its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Penobscot Nation Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich cultural heritage of the Penobscot and Wabanaki people. The museum houses collections that span thousands of years of history.

Penobscot Theatre Company operates year-round in the historic Bangor Opera House, producing theatre works both classic and new.  Special student matinees are offered periodically each season.