MASSACHUSETTS
Field Trips

The Alden Digital Planetarium features Digital Light Processing technology from Sky-Skan, using images from NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope to create a three-dimensional solar system projected onto a 40-foot dome.

Ally Charter Bus provides group travel services for groups in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Washington DC.

A 20-minute guided tour of the Museum of Animation, Special Effects and Art will introduce visitors to the world of special effects. Free guided tours for groups big and small, and a 2-hour movie-making workshop can be added on for a fee. 

Occupying 281 acres, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University’s living collection of trees, shrubs, and woody vines is recognized as one of the most comprehensive and best documented of its kind in the world.

Join us on Barnstable Harbor Ecotours a two-hour ecotour of the quiet and majestic Barnstable Harbor aboard our brand new, spacious and comfortable 25-passenger pontoon boat, the Horseshoe Crab! Tours feature a wealth of natural and historic sites.  

Bassett Planetarium, located in Morgan Hall, has provided programs about the night sky to regional community organizations and school groups. The Planetarium is the perfect place to learn about the heavens.

Visit Battleship Cove, the world’s largest exhibit of historic naval ships today. Located on the waterfront in historic Fall River, Battleship Cove is one of Southeastern Massachusetts’ most popular tourist attractions.

Black Dog Tall Ships affords island students the opportunity to experience the rich maritime history of their home and to learn skills that, a century ago, children would have been well versed in.

Learn about Boston’s free African American community that led the nation in the movement to end slavery and to achieve equal rights. These remarkable patriots established businesses, founded organizations and created schools.