NEW YORK
Field Trips

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park includes an arboretum spanning over 400 acres, as well as Coe Hall, the ornate, sprawling Gold Coast estate of insurance magnate William Robertson Coe.

The Plaza Players present highly acclaimed musicals, children’s theatre, and arts-in- education productions throughout the tri-state area.

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.

SuffolkStudy modern art and its international context, and explore the setting in which famed artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner created many of their artistic works.

Proctors Theatre began as a vaudeville theatre in the early 20th century and is now the Capital Region’s destination for major Broadway shows, cutting-edge film festivals, exciting special events, and everything in between.

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.

The Quogue Wildlife Refuge has been offering educational programs at the Refuge since the 1960s. Our goals are to teach children about the outside world and to help them to appreciate nature.

The majority of the Museum’s rolling stock resides at the Railroad Museum of Long Island, where restoration is carried out.

Family owned and operated Rainbow’s End Butterfly Farm hand raises butterflies and includes a flight house that displays eco-friendly environments. See local butterflies and the plants they visit.

On over 436 acres at the Ramshorn-Livingston Sanctuary, see the Hudson River’s largest tidal swamp forest, visit a major feeding area for migratory birds, and a breeding ground for American shad and bass and more.

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.