Boston-Metro
Field Trips

The Freedom Trail offers a unique experience where residents and visitors can become familiar with great stories of a people rising up against a mighty nation to demand civil liberties and freedom.

The Institute of Contemporary Art exhibits contemporary art in a variety of medias, including visual arts, performance, film, video, and literature as well as educational programming that encourage appreciation for contemporary culture.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum celebrates European, Asian and American art, including paintings, sculptures and tapestries from world-renowned artists such as Manet, Degas and Rembrandt.

Visit the historic John Adams Courthouse, headquarters of the Massachusetts judicial branch. the John Adams Courthouse houses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Social Law Library.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation’s thirty-fifth president.

Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is Mass Audubon’s oldest, encompassing protected forests, fields, and wetlands. Diverse hiking trails and a red maple swamp boardwalk provide countless opportunities for exploration.

The Museum of African American History comprises a Boston and Nantucket campus. Programs are rooted in historic sites, exhibitions, and more. Explore the museum’s virtual exhibits.

The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world with over 500,000 works of art ranging from Egyptian to contemporary. Groups enjoy exciting docent-led tours and activities, as well as a self-guided tour option. 

Permanent exhibits at the Museum of Science include a virtual tour of Acadia National Park, a butterfly garden with exotic plants, Wind Lab energy production, a 65-million-year-old triceratops fossil, an exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy, and more.

The New England Aquarium is home to thousands of aquatic animals–from northern fur seals to giant Pacific octopus to little blue penguins.

Explore America’s proud history of democracy and dissent at the Old South Meeting House in popular interactive programs tailored to your group. Reenact the Boston Tea Party meeting, explore protest and free speech in American history and more.

Take a tour of Otis House to learn about the family’s life in the Federal era and the later history of the house, when it served as a clinic and a middle-class boarding house.