Mississippi Field Trips

Besides Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa there are other themed day celebrations to help enrich classroom curriculum for December. Dec. 1: Rosa Parks Day. Dec. 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. World Pollution Prevention Day. Dec. 4: Wildlife Conservation Day. Dec. 5: International Volunteer Day. World Soil Day. Dec. 7: Letter Writing Day. Dec. 8: Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day. National Crossword Solvers Day. Dec. 10: Human Rights Day. Nobel Prize Day. Dewey Decimal System Day. International Animal Rights Day. Dec. 14: National Energy Conservation Day. Dec. 15: Bill of Rights Day. Dec. 16: Boston Tea Party Day. Dec. 20: Crossword Puzzle Day. Dec. 21: Winter Solstice. Dec. 22: Mathematics Day. Dec. 23: Roots Day. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for further field trip information. For those unable to travel to these locations, check out the Virtual Field Trips section or Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

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Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art celebrates the innovative, independent and creative spirit of Mississippi master potter George Ohr and the diverse cultural heritage of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-374-5547 Ext 1202 Read More

Old Mountain Arboretum

Old Mountain Arboretum is a unique Mississippi living museum on 120 privately owned acres. Its diverse plants, trees, and native wildlife, picturesque views, shaded hiking and nature trails for visitors to explore nature.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, School, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
WinonaTEL - 662-753-9182 Read More

OLD MOUNTAIN OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

Explore your wild side and come soar, zip, climb, crawl, and swing through one of Mississippi’s most exhilarating and unique outdoor aerial obstacle and zip line adventure parks.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Delta Region
WinonaTEL - 662-516-9722 Read More

Alice Moseley Folk Art & Antique Museum

At the Alice Moseley Folk Art & Antique Museum discover how folk art impacts our culture and history thru interactive tours where visitors are asked to use observation skills and expression of ideas.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, School, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Bay St Louis
Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-467-9223

Ballet Mississippi

Ballet Mississippi presents two School Time Performances of The Nutcracker in December. The Nutcracker provides an opportunity for your students to enjoy an emersion to the arts.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Capital-River Region
JacksonTEL - 601-960-1560

Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

Tour Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, and learn about architecture, the daily lives of soldiers, the life of Jefferson Davis – from his career as a soldier until his death.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-388-4400

Biloxi Lighthouse

The Biloxi Lighthouse was erected in 1848 and was one of the first cast-iron lighthouses in the South. The lighthouse has been kept by female keepers for more years than any other lighthouse in the US.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-374-3105

Biloxi Shrimping Trip

The Biloxi Shrimping Trip, a 70-minute Living Marine Adventure Cruise, is a front row seat to learn about all the spectacular sea life found in the Gulf of Mexico.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Gulf Coast RegionTEL - 228-392-8645

Bologna Performing Arts Center

The School-Time Matinee Series is an arts education initiative at the Bologna Performing Arts Center that helps visitors explore our world heritage through artistic expression.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Cleveland
Delta RegionTEL - 662-846-4626

Center for Mathematics & Science Education

The Center for Mathematics & Science Education offers Outreach Programs promoting interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Outreach COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School MISSISSIPPI
OxfordTEL - 662-915-6621

Clinton Community Nature Center

The Clinton Community Nature Center features miles of walking trails, Play Forest, Mud Kitchen, Splashing Frog Water Feature, amphitheater, native plants, and hands-on activities.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Field Trips, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Capital-River Region
ClintonTEL - 601-926-1104

Delta Blues Museum

The Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form, the Blues, as a Great River Road Interpretive Center.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSISSIPPI
Clarkesdale
Delta RegionTEL - 662-627-6820

FieldTripdirectory.com offers educational experiences for Mississippi school groups, scout groups, homeschool groups, camp groups and families at Mississippi Museums.

Mississippi museums offer field trips that offer hands-on exhibits, guided tours and guided activities for early childhood through high school grades. Mississippi has art museums, science museums, history museums, multicultural museums and children’s museums. All museums listing on fieldtripdirectory.com offers programs and tours for youth groups and families. Beside museums, you can search for other learning attractions such as Mississippi Botanical Gardens, Planetariums, Living History Programs, STEM & STEAM, Planetariums, Farms, Zoos and Aquariums, Theaters and Concerts, Service Learning and more

Can’t go on a field trip to a museum, your students, scouts, and families can still experience these fun enriching experience by scheduling a Museum Virtual Field Trip anywhere and at anytime.

Want the fun to come to you- book a School Assembly Programs, Outreach Field Trips or Residency at your school, homeschool association or scout council. They support and enhance a school’s curriculum, offers opportunities for scout badge achievement and enriches a camp program. There are mobile museum exhibits, traveling planetariums and classroom and grade level workshops and residencies.

To help fund field trips, virtual programs and school assembly programs visit our section on Grants and Fundraising Programs.

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