DESTINATIONS

OHIO
Field Trips

To help plan SEPTEMBER curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these September themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MONTHLY: Classical Music Month. Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). Library Card Sign-Up Month. DAILY: Sept.1: World Letter Writing Day. Sept. 4: National Wildlife Day. Sept. 6: National Read a Book. Sept. 7: International Day of Clean Air. Sept. 16: National Collect Rocks Day. Sept. 17: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. Sept. 18: National Respect Day. Sept. 22: Autumnal Equinox Day. Sept. 24: National Punctuation Day. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for activity type of field trips to learn about. For those unable to travel to these locations, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

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The Central Ohio Fire Museum & Learning Center

The 1908 engine house, now the Central Ohio Fire Museum & Learning Center offers firefighting history exhibits & fire safety education programs for all ages.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Columbus Ohio
TEL - 614-464-4099

The Children's Museum at CMC

At the The Children’s Museum, visitors discover hands-on fun in our eight educational and themed play areas. We encourage kids to climb, crawl, explore and learn about themselves and the world around them.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Cincinnati Ohio
TEL - 718-467-0600

The Cincinnati History Museum at CMC

The Cincinnati History Museum is an urban history museum. The museum features the recreated Cincinnati Public Landing from the mid-1860s and an exhibit covering Cincinnati’s role in World War II.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Cincinnati Ohio
TEL - 513-287-7000

The Sculpture Center

At the Sculpture Center, experience year-round contemporary sculpture exhibitions and installations in a historic art space in Cleveland’s University Circle, the country’s “Best Arts District.”

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Cleveland Ohio
TEL - 216-229-6527

The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium

At the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium, experience up-close encounters with over 16,000+ animals representing 680+ species! In an effort to save endangered wildlife, we participate in more than 80 Species Survival Plans.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnights, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 419-385-5721

The Wilderness Center

The Wilderness Center educates people of all ages to inspire a love of nature, and conserves natural lands for the health and benefit of the community. It includes an interpretive building, astronomy education building, an observation tower, pier and picnic shelters.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Akron
Metro Canton Ohio
Wilmont
TEL - 330-359-5235

Toledo Botanical Garden

Toledo Botanical Garden encompasses 60 acres with an Inclusive Garden that is accessible, sensory experience of sights, sounds, tastes and textures. Visitors can use the link on a cell phone to use the Plant Collection Map to find the exact location of a species or variety of plant throughout the Garden.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 419-270-7500

Toledo Firefighters Museum

This working fire station from the 1920s houses a vast collection of vintage equipment, uniforms and antique fire toys. The Museum offers kid-friendly guided tours to learn about the history of fire fighting in Toledo and fire safety.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 419-478-3473

Toledo History Museum

The Toledo History Museum preserves the physical artifacts of Toledo’s history which is exhibited to highlight and present the large and rich tapestry of Toledo’s story. Industrial history plays a large part of Toledo’s story, but THM also showcases social, cultural, and ethnic parts of the city’s past.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 419-215-2437

Toledo Museum of Art

The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum that houses a collection of more than 30,000 objects. With 45 galleries, it covers 280,000 square feet and is currently in the midst of a massive multiyear expansion plan to its 40-acre campus.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 410-255-8000

Toledo Police Museum

Toledo Police Museum traces the history of the local police department and strives to display the history of “Toledo’s Finest” through the collection of artifacts, interactive displays and virtual library.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family OHIO
Toledo
TEL - 419-720-2485

Weathervane Playhouse

Weathervane is a community-based theater with exceptional educational programming. Live, student matinee performances will challenge your class with interesting and relevant issues.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout OHIO
Akron
TEL - 330-836-2626
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