MASSACHUSETTS
Field Trips

Hop aboard Capt. Bill and Sons Whale Watch for a three-to-four-hour whale watch tours to view the world’s largest mammals surfacing, feeding, and breaching in the important feeding areas of Stellwagen Bank and Jeffreys Ledge.

The Cat Cove Marine Laboratory at Salem State University, strives to develop research and technologies in aquaculture, and increase the understanding of marine organisms and ecosystems, through research, education, and outreach.

Explore many different scientific fields at the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern University. Groups will have the opportunity to learn about STEM fields, and conduct real experiments that encourage analytical and creative thinking.

Housed inside the Museum of Science, the Charles Hayden Planetarium is the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England! There are shows playing all day, as well as innovative and immersive music offerings on Friday and Saturday evenings.

The Children’s Museum at Holyoke is dedicated to its mission to enhance the educational and cultural awareness of all children through the arts, the sciences, and the world around them.

The Children’s Museum in Easton invites children to become life-long learners, and its exhibits promote this. Exhibits include playing doctor at Kidsclinic, learning occupations such as firefighting at Kidspace, and building things at a woodworking shop.

The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River is a unique environment, children actively make connections among ideas, people and cultures.

The Chinese Historical Society of New England is dedicated solely to documenting, preserving, and promoting the history and legacy of Chinese immigration in New England.

At Cider Hill Farms, visitors pick their own produce such as peaches, apples and pumpkins, take a hayride or just stroll through the orchards. Tours of this working farm are available during the harvest seasons.

The Clark Art Institute’s collection features European and American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents professional productions of Shakespeare to Boston audiences during the summer months, modeled after “Shakespeare in the Park” in Central Park. Offers student matinees during the school year.

At Coonamessett Farm, pick your own berries, vegetables and even flowers from the farms’ 10-acre food and plant fields. Tours include visiting the farm animals, and learning about local agriculture.