VIRGINIA
Field Trips

At Round Hill Farm in the fall, a tractor-drawn hayride carries visitors to the Pumpkin Patch to pick their own pumpkin then visit the barnyard petting-zoo with encounters with more than 30 farm animals.

Rust Nature Sanctuary features several miles of trails and numerous habitats for viewing. Visitors learn about adaptations, botany, plant structures, and weather.

The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts is one of the most acoustically sound venues in the United States. The Center offers morning student matinees as well as family friendly performances.

The Science Museum of Virginia offers experiential exhibits, interactive technologies, innovative programs, dynamic films, impressive live animals and interesting lab demos for visitors.

The Science Museum of Western Virginia encourages learners to investigate the world using the scientific method and experimentation. View the museum’s virtual resources.

Historic Smith’s Fort Plantation was gifted as a dowry from Powhatan after John Rolfe’s marriage to Pocahontas. Exhibits tell the stories of captain John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan and the Jamestown colonists.

Exhibits at the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum feature archives from the 19th and 20th centuries, including artifacts from well-known historical figures like Martha Washington and Robert E. Lee.

The State Arboretum of Virginia has over 5000 living trees, a diverse collection of 200 kinds of conifers, 162 types of boxwood, a 300 tree ginkgo grove, a cedar of Lebanon allee, a herb garden and the Virginia Native Plant Trail.

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts houses a 500 seat theater–the stage for concerts, ballets, musicals, dramatic works, symphony performances, films, children’s plays, lectures and so much more.

Tour the Supreme Court of Virginia, directly across from the Virginia Capitol building, and see the main courtroom, lectures, a visitor film, and exhibits. Oral arguments are open to the public.

At Surry Nuclear Information Center, visitors can find out how a nuclear power station works. See models of a nuclear reactor and the containment structure. Generate your own electricity using muscle power.

The T.C. Williams Planetarium is committed to high quality astronomy and space science education services and provides outreach programs to students, families, and the community.