New York City
Field Trips

The Constance Laibe Hays Children’s Room at Poets House offers opportunities for children to experience poetry, attend unique performances, and participate in creating poetry, art, music, and dance.

At Queens Botanical Garden, groups can enjoy this 39-acre urban oasis, which contains thematic gardens and historic plantings; as well as gardens demonstrating sustainable landscape practices.

Revive historic farming activities at Queens County Farm Museum, NYC’s largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland. Groups can tour the historic farm buildings, pick apples and pumpkins, and learn about the art of quilting and colonial cooking.

Randall’s Island Salt Marsh & Freshwater Wetlands explores the natural surroundings. Using magnifying glasses, binoculars, fishnets, and traps, groups can investigate the many animals and plants.

The history of farming on Randall’s Island dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of the land became a public park in the 1930s, and today Randall’s Island Urban Farm is used for agricultural education.

Learn about where food comes from at Red Hook Community Farm, a former baseball field turned urban farm. Groups take part in a tour of the farm, plant exploration, and service-learning activities.

Rockaway Waterfront Alliance’s Living Classroom program offers a hands-on way to explore the social and environmental issues related to the waterfront.

Roundabout Theatre performs both classic and lesser-known plays and musicals, and aims to cultivate a love of the theatre in young minds.

Come to the Salt Marsh Nature Center and learn about Brooklyn’s largest park, which features 530 acres of grassland and salt marsh, and is home to a multitude of wild flora and fauna.

Visit NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for historical documents, manuscripts, programs, exhibits, and performances related to black history and culture.

Discover the antebellum grandeur of the Seguine Mansion on Staten Island. This Greek Revival-style house gives a glimpse into the 19th century.

At Signature Theatre, the focus is on the vision of the playwright. Your group will watch performances that are faithfully true to the playwright’s intentions.