Field trips are a great way to reboot a bad homeschooling week, get out of the house when everyone has cabin fever, and learn about your local area. Before heading out, check out Jeanne's tips for improving homeschool field trips.
Our listing of Pennsylvania field trips for homeschoolers is ordered alphabetically by city. If you would like to submit a Pennsylvania field trip destination, you may do so using the red button above.
Museum of Indian CultureAllentown
Founded in 1980, the Museum of Indian Culture is a unique member-supported, all-volunteer non-profit resource center for people of all ages to learn about Native American cultures both in the northeast and throughout the western hemisphere. For over 35 years, the Museum has offered educational activities for families in the Greater Lehigh Valley and beyond. Festivals, educational programs, and exhibits work together to set the standard for Native American education in eastern Pennsylvania.
Allentown Art MuseumAllentown
The Allentown Art Museum is an art museum located in the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by noted Pennsylvania impressionist painter, Walter Emerson Baum. With its collection of over 13,000 works of art, the Allentown Art Museum is a major regional art institution. In addition, its library and archives of more than 16,000 titles and 40 current periodicals make it an important regional cultural resource.
Flour Power Kids Cooking Studios: PittsburghAllison Park
Preschool to Teens! The themed weekly classes are a fun way for your Lil' Chef to focus on hands-on kids cooking class sessions while learning recipes to try at home. Your Lil' Chef will gain skills that are designed to appeal to the abilities of most children. Tuition includes recipe handouts to take home, and all supplies. Classes last between 60-90 minutes.
The Ambler Arboretum of Temple UniversityAmbler
The Ambler Arboretum of Temple University is an outdoor classroom and a living laboratory. You are invited to bring your students here for a field trip. We have a variety of guided tours available for your group or we can work with you to customize a program that fits within your curriculum. Please reach out to Samantha McGuriman at samantha.mcguriman@temple.edu with all inquiries!
Archbald Pothole State ParkArchbald
The park is named for Archbald Pothole, a geologic feature that formed during the Wisconsin Glacial Period, around 15,000 years ago. The pothole is 38 feet deep and has an elliptical shape. The diameter of the pothole decreases downward. The largest diameter is 42 feet by 24 feet. At the bottom it is 17 feet by 14 feet. The pothole has a volume of about 18,600 cubic feet, so could hold about 140,000 gallons. It would take 35 fire truck tankers to fill the pothole. The park closes the third Saturday of November and reopens the second Friday of April.
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam TrainAshland
Pioneer Tunnel offers two tours both of which are handicap accessible, and suitable for people/students of all ages. The first tour is the Coal Mine tour which is where you are given a guided tour of an underground coal mine tour. The second tour offered is the Steam Train Ride where you take a ride on an old steam train and learn about the history of Ashland, Centralia, and learn more about strip mining and boot leg mining. Both tours last 35 minutes each. We have an affordable gift shop with unique educational items. Also, there is a picnic area and playground on the premises.
John James Audubon Center at Mill GroveAudubon
Visit the first home in America for John James Audubon. Walk in Audubon’s footsteps as you tour his historic stone farmhouse at Mill Grove. Inside the home, you will find artifacts and original Audubon paintings. The adjacent museum offers interactive stations to learn about bird habitats, nests, conservation, and more. Visitors can also watch a short movie about Audubon’s life and mission to paint all the birds of North America.
Sky Zone BethlehemBethlehem
Sky Zone Bethlehem is an indoor trampoline located right outside of Allentown, PA. Sky Zone offers various attractions such as a main trampoline area, sky slam, foam zone, Ultimate Ninja warrior course, Dodge ball, and more! Hold events, field trips, or even fundraisers with us. Offering special nights such as Youth Group Nights and Glow which features a state of the art light show experience, live DJ, black lights, all while jumping on the trampolines!
Historic Bethlehem Visitor CenterBethlehem
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites — a National Historic Landmark District in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania — proudly preserves 20 historic sites in the heart of the city. We work to restore, educate, and learn all we can about these beautiful buildings and their storied pasts — including the first Moravian settlement from 1741.
Dickinson College FarmBoiling Springs
The Dickinson College Farm is an 80 acre farm in Boiling Springs Pa. We offer a rustic venue for any events, guided tours, self-guided tours, and our SEED program. Our SEED program offers customized programs to your group size, and age group. With themes that revolve around the outdoors and agriculture that change every year to keep things interesting! Our SEED program runs from September-November and picks back up in February-April.
General Carl Spaatz USAAF MuseumBoyertown
The General Spaatz Museum offers and enhanced, immersive experience that places the visitor in the time frame of our interactive exhibits and invites the visitor to be a participant of history. Our living museum concept includes almost 6,000 sq ft of museum space comprising 10 exhibits, of which 6 are featured as interactive.
The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit CenterBradford
Dedicated to the life and career of renowned mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. This 3,400 square-foot museum features costumes, personal artifacts, interactive touch-screen exhibits, and a theater that recreates the feel of an 18th-century opera house. Open daily. Admission is free. Appropriate for all ages. The museum also has a gift shop and an adjacent cafe serving pastries, specialty coffees, and healthier options from fruit to salads. Guided tours available.
Kings Gap Environmental Education CenterCarlisle
Kings Gap provides a diverse array of environmental education and recreational programs. Programming is offered year-round to schools, civic groups, and the community. Educational programs are standards-based, age-specific, and generate learning through discovery and a hands-on approach. Kings Gap also strives to teach outdoor skills that lead to healthy, lifelong outdoor enjoyment.
Chadds Ford Historical SocietyChadds Ford
The Chadds Ford Historical Society preserves, maintains, and interprets several early 18th century historic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places: John Chads House, Barns-Brinton House, and the Springhouse/ Birmingham Schoolhouse No. 1 where we educate school children, adults, and our community through hands-on history.
Brandywine River MuseumChadds Ford
Exhibiting American art in a 19th-century grist mill, the Brandywine River Museum is internationally known for its unparalleled collection of works by three generations of Wyeths and its fine collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.
Sky Zone ChalfontChalfont
Sky Zone is a high-flying experience where kids can get out energy, play with others, and learn about gravity - or how to defy it! We offer memberships, packages, rentals, field trips, and more! You can play dodgeball, climb a rock wall, jump to reach new heights of a basketball hoop, try your hand at some ninja-warrior course features, and other exciting features. We are for all ages, walking and up!
Chesapeake Bay Gateways NetworkChesapeake Bay region
First thoughts of the Chesapeake Bay often bring up images of crabs and oysters. But, as the largest estuary in North America, the Chesapeake Bay has touched and influenced much of the American story—early settlement, commerce, the military, transportation, recreation, and more. The Bay and its surrounding 64,000 square mile watershed hold a treasure trove of historic areas, natural wonders, and recreational opportunities.
Turkey Hill ExperienceColumbia
Interactive ice cream fun for all ages! Learn how ice cream is made, sit in our milk truck, create your own virtual flavor and packaging, milk mechanical cows and learn Turkey Hill's history. Bring your flavor to life in the Taste Lab. Unlimited samples!
First National Bank MuseumColumbia
Offering private guided group tours of an original 1850's bank complete with the tellers' cage, office furnishings, and vault. The bank is actually part of a house that was built in 1814 and is one of the few remaining original banks in the USA. Tours usually cover local, regional and U.S. history, especially the growth and development of Columbia, PA with its location on the Susquehanna River and the important role played in the Civil War by burning the bridge along with assisting slaves who came to Columbia during the 1800's in search of freedom. Discussion is encouraged during tours and questions are always welcome.Offer special Student rate of $5, with children under 8 FREE, Adults are $10 and Seniors $8. Customized historic and architectural walking tours with lunch are also available and gladly quoted upon request.
Dill's Tavern and Maple Shade BarnDillsburg
The Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society (NYCHAPS) hosts a wide variety of historical programs and cultural events throughout the year at our two properties, Dill’s Tavern and the Maple Shade Barn. Come join us for a guided tour of Dills Tavern, Bake Oven, Wheel Wright Shop, 1798 Log Barn, Visitor Center, and Historic Educational Garden. Tours run approximately 1 hour. Tours of the Eichelberger Distillery at Dills Tavern are purchased separately. Open seasonally and groups are welcome with advance reservations. Maple Shade Barn holds NYCHAPS' headquarters, as well as our collection of artifacts, documents, and genealogical materials in our museum and archives. The museum is free and open to the public during normal office hours.
Caddie Shak Family Fun CenterDonegal
We are a family entertainment center with go-karts, bumper boats, mini golf, driving range, batting cages, and a few other small amusements. The ideal age group is 5 and older. What makes us unique is our ability to cater to individual groups. We have developed physical science and engineering lessons centered around the different amusements, applied chemistry lessons centered around the pool chemistry, and we have a number of streams where we can develop water biology lessons. The potential educational advantage coupled with the generally fun nature of go-karts and amusement rides creates a unique learning and community-building opportunity. Check us out at www.caddieshak.com.
Bucks County Civil War Round Table Library MuseumDoylestown
Bucks County Civil War Round Table offers monthly speaker oriented meetings and educational programs to inform the public of this country's history. The Museum houses many artifacts related to the Civil War on subjects dealing with Doylestown, the 104th Pa. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as well as the War in general. The articles on display are on permanent or temporary loan from area collectors and history enthusiasts.
Mercer Museum & Fonthill CastleDoylestown
Visit two historic castles in heart of Doylestown, PA that celebrate the legacy of Henry Chapman Mercer. The Mercer Museum is a six-story reinforced concrete castle designed by Henry Mercer (1856-1930) and completed in 1916. Today, it is one of Bucks County’s premier cultural attractions and a Smithsonian affiliate. The museum complex features local and national traveling exhibits, as well as a core museum collection of over 17,000 pre-Industrial tools. This permanent collection offers visitors a unique window into pre-Industrial America through sixty different crafts and trades, and is one of the world’s most comprehensive portraits of pre-Industrial American material culture. Built between 1908-1912, Fonthill Castle was the home of archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). Mercer built Fonthill Castle as his home and as a showplace for his collection of tiles and prints. The castle serves as an early example of reinforced concrete and features forty-four rooms, over two hundred windows, and eighteen fireplaces. Fonthill Castle’s interior features Mercer’s renowned, hand-crafted ceramic tiles designed at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. Fonthill Castle is open for guided one-hour tours.
James A. Michener Art MuseumDoylestown
The James A. Michener Art Museum opened as an independent, non-profit cultural institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting and exhibiting the art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region. The Museum is named for Doylestown's most famous son, the Pulitzer-Prize winning writer and supporter of the arts who had first dreamed of a regional art museum in the early 1960's.
Pocono Indian MuseumEast Stroudsburg
The only museum in Northeast Pennsylvania dedicated to showing the history of the Delaware Indian. All ages, free arrowhead with a paid child admission. A tour of the museum takes approximately 30 minutes, with an audio device which gives a detailed narration of the displays. Groups of 20 or more may call for a reservation and have a tour guide lead the group through the museum.
Hawk Mountain SanctuaryEastern Pennsylvania
The view from Hawk Mountain offers beautiful vistas and great looks at raptors, some of the largest and most charismatic birds in the world. Learn about the role these predators play in the ecosystem and stay up-to-date on our local-to-global science, training, and education programs. Make the most of your field trip to Hawk Mountain and start your day with a program by one of our Educators. Introduction and Guided Group programs are available throughout the year. Scheduling 6-8 weeks in advance is recommended during peak seasons (April-May and September-November). Hawk Mountain Sanctuary offers education programs for diverse audiences. Programs will be designed to include all audiences to the best of our abilities.
Crayola ExperienceEaston
Crayola Experience, located in the heart of downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, is the only place in the world where the magic of Crayola comes to life. Here, you're always encouraged to let your creativity run free, to color outside the lines and to play, explore, and learn. This one-of-a-kind, family attraction is where color, chemistry, and technology magically combine to create a fun-filled, colorful adventure for a kid's imagination. Fun for the Whole Family.
National Canal MuseumEaston
Visit the National Canal Museum to learn about an important, but often forgotten time in our transportation and industrial history. While here you will learn about the history of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. and the Lehigh and Delaware Canal systems. Come to understand the people that lived and worked on the canals in the 1800s. Learn about canal history and culture as well as the different science principles, technological advances and engineering feats that helped create and operate the canal system that once moved tons of coal from Jim Thorpe to Easton and beyond.
Goodell Gardens & HomesteadEdinboro
Goodell Gardens Field Trips focus on the botanical bounty and agricultural heritage the Gardens has to offer. Students are presented with an opportunity to observe, interpret and understand the interrelationships of people, plants, and ecosystems. A listing of Field Trip and Garden Outreach options can be found on the website. Additional custom programs are available. Goodell offers Family Activity Bags that allow exploration of the Gardens as a family.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic SiteElverson
Hopewell and other "iron plantations" made up America's iron and steel industry. Today, the site educates people about America's development during the industrial revolution.
River Mountain RetreatEverett
River Mountain’s field trip programs teach screen time management and digital citizenship to help students flourish back at home. We offer day field trips and overnight programs for young people in grades 3-12 focused on digital wellness and health. Our interdisciplinary programs, situated in a stunning classroom setting, are tailored to meet the curriculum goals of the homeschool programs we work with to maximize the educational and experiential benefit to students. Our impact-driven experiences are focused on safety, leadership, personal growth, wellness, and self-determination.
Fort Necessity National BattlefieldFarmington
The Opening Battle of a World War - The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War. This war was a clash of British, French and American Indian cultures. It ended with the removal of French power from North America. The stage was set for the American Revolution.
Cherry Springs State ParkGaleton
Due to its exceptionally dark skies, Cherry Springs State Park is one of the best places on the eastern seaboard for stargazing and the science of astronomy. Recognizing this unique resource needed to be managed and protected, in 2000, DCNR declared Cherry Springs State Park its first Dark Sky Park.
The Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SiteGallitzin
The Allegheny Portage Railroad was a great achievement in early travel. For twenty years, it was the fastest way to transgress the rough and wild terrain of Pennsylvania.
The Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site website
Eisenhower National Historic SiteGettysburg
Eisenhower National Historic Site is the home and farm of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Located next to the Gettysburg Battlefield, the farm served the President as a weekend retreat and a meeting place for world leaders.
Lincoln Train MuseumGettysburg
Within walking distance of the site where Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address, the Lincoln Train Museum offers an interactive exploration of American History for families and groups of all ages. On this journey with Lincoln you will experience the spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence and freedoms through American history presentations and collections, interactive train layouts, President Lincoln's Funeral journey, hands on activities and more. Offer discounts for groups of ten or more. Ages five and under always journey for free. Open seasonally.
Gettysburg National Military ParkGettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War. It was the war's bloodiest battle, with 51,000 casualties. The Union victory ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. A virtual tour is available for those who can't visit in person.
Newlin Grist MillGlen Mills
In 1704, Nathaniel and Mary Newlin built a water-powered grist mill along the West Branch of Chester Creek. Despite several changes of ownership the mill ran continuously until 1941. In 1957, the Nicholas Newlin Foundation was created by E. Mortimer Newlin, a ninth generation descendant, to restore and maintain the mill as a museum. Today, the foundation 's purpose is to preserve the 150 acres, which are a refuge for plants, animals, and birds, as well as the park's historic buildings for pleasure and education of the public. A trip to the park offers visitors insights into the vanished life of the rural eighteenth century.
Westmoreland Museum of American ArtGreensburg
Stop for a moment and think about words like freedom, opportunity, diversity. They are words that paint a picture in your mind - words that describe the American experience. But words can't tell the whole story. So we invite you to come see the art that gives those words meaning. See how the American experience is brought to life through the inspired eyes of artists at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.
The State Museum of PennsylvaniaHarrisburg
Educational programs at The State Museum are designed to encourage visitors, both young and old, to explore, discover and experience the stories of Pennsylvania's rich and exciting past.
Heller-Wagner Grist Mill ComplexHellertown
Discover our rich history through interactive field trips designed by retired teachers along with Hellertown Historical Society volunteers. Our field trips, ideal for public, private, cyber, and home-schooled students, feature four hands-on lessons covering waterpower, milling technology, simple machines, and penmanship tools. Aligned with PA Academic standards and STEM principles, these lessons make learning informative and engaging.
The Hershey Story MuseumHershey
Warm and welcoming, this immersive museum environment accommodates visitors of all ages. Attractions include the Museum Experience, a series of engaging exhibits; the Chocolate Lab, a place where learning comes alive through hands-on experiments; the Museum Shop, stocked with unique Hershey merchandise and memorabilia; Cafe Zooka, the perfect place for light fare and chocolately desserts; the Countries of Origin Chocolate Tasting; and much more.
Canoe Creek State ParkHollidaysburg
Canoe Creek State Park features a 155-acre lake, wetlands, old fields and mature forests, which provide critical habitat for migrating birds and for one of the largest bat colonies in the Commonwealth. The lake is popular for fishing year-round. Hikers enjoy the trails that wind through the many habitats. Picnicking, swimming at the beach, enjoying educational programs, and staying the night in a modern cabin are also popular activities.
Rivers of SteelHomestead
For more than a century, this area was known as the "Steel Making Capital of the World" and the dynamic and powerful story of Big Steel is preeminent in the region's artifacts, buildings, historic communities, industrial sites, and the living cultural traditions of its people. Visit, learn, and experience all five of the Rivers of Steel attractions that showcase the artistry and innovation of southwestern Pennsylvania’s rich heritage.
Greenwood Furnace State ParkHuntingdon
Greenwood Furnace was once a thriving ironmaking village. Today, only a handful of its original 127 buildings remain. A walking tour explores a portion of the historic district, and includes parts of the town, tramway, historic roads, and charcoal hearths. A free guide to the historic district is available at the park office. The Blacksmith Shop and Education Center houses displays on the ironworks and serves as a base for many of the park’s educational programs. The education center is open weekends and holidays in the summer months. In the park office, the visitor center is open Monday through Friday most of the year, and daily in the summer months. The visitor center has displays on the former ironmaking community.
Longwood GardensKennett Square
One of the world's great gardens, Longwood's story is one of legacy, innovation, and stewardship. Longwood Gardens includes a children's garden, fountain shows, a grotto, and a delicious cafeteria. They host jazz and classical music concerts, light shows and decorated nature during the holiday season. Be sure to check out the tree houses on site. Longwood Gardens includes fun-filled activities to keep the whole family excited!
Tours of Valley Forge National Historical ParkKing of Prussia
The Encampment Store is a non-profit 501(c)(3) cooperating association whose mission is to support the interpretive, educational, scientific, and historical activities of Valley Forge National Historical Park. TES offers private car, hiking, and biking tours year-round and public trolley tours March-October. Please call (610) 624-5010 for more information.
Valley Forge National Historical ParkKing of Prussia
Valley Forge National Historical Park commemorates more than the sacrifices and perseverance of the Revolutionary War generation; it honors the ability of citizens and their leaders to pull together and overcome adversity during extraordinary times.
Lacawac SanctuaryLake Arial
Lacawac Sanctuary is a unique environmental education center in northeast PA. It encompasses 550 acres with diverse habitats including a glacial lake and a pond. Programs are offered for PreK-12 grade. All programs are hands-on discovery based and use nature as the classroom. Topics are age-group specific. The time and schedule is tailored to the groups needs. A nature center with interpretive displays, classroom space, and a lab is used for inclement weather and program needs. A picnic area and restrooms are available.
The Amish Farm and HouseLancaster
Tour Lancaster County's Amish Farm and House. Opened nearly 60 years ago, The Amish Farm and House has hosted travelers from around the world visiting Lancaster County. Experience Lancaster County's Premier Amish Attraction with our farm and house tours. Open seasonally.
Grocery Outlet TourLancaster
Children will be taken around the store and learn about the food groups while also learning about the grocery industry.
Demuth MuseumLancaster
The Demuth Museum is dedicated to developing awareness, understanding and appreciation of the art work and legacy of American modernist Charles Demuth. We engage and inspire diverse audiences through an innovative program of exhibitions, education, scholarship and collections activities.
Peter Wentz FarmsteadLansdale
Visit a fully restored colonial American farmstead! Students may visit the Farmstead to receive a well-rounded, hands-on historical experience. They may tour the farm, and see animals like sheep and cows, or go inside the 1758 Peter Wentz House, which was headquarters for George Washington in the Revolutionary War in October 1777. The farm buildings, livestock, and kitchen garden represent early Pennsylvania German farming culture and practices typical to this region. The Farmstead offers plenty of fun, educational events, and programming throughout the year, including living history demonstrations, workshops, nature programs, and much more. The historic house is open for guided tours year-round. Groups welcome.
Lewisburg Children's MuseumLewisburg
The LCM brings hands-on, enriching educational experiences in a safe, accessible environment, to children in the central Susquehanna Valley. LCM is committed to providing opportunities for learning, imagination, and play.
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) LigonierLigonier
A fine arts museum located in beautiful Ligonier, Pennsylvania the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) Ligonier features exhibits from local and regional artists. SAMA Ligonier is a great place to bring children of all ages to discover their love of art. We regularly host art events for the whole family and can accommodate groups with advanced notice. Don't miss our Donald M. Robinson Sculpture Park for some art and fun outdoors! We're a member of the Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, maintaining gardens which serve as shelter to migrating monarch butterflies, a species in peril. Events and activities may have a cost associated with them, but General Admission is FREE! Don't miss our locations in Altoona, Bedford, and Johnstown!
Tyler ArboretumMedia
Tyler strives to be a valuable partner with academic curriculum by presenting engaging standards-based programming in a unique learning environment. Instructor-led programs provide interactive experiences for students with plants and nature, making learning fun. The Arboretum offers grade-specific curricula in the natural sciences. All lessons are aligned with state and national scientific education standards. Programs are conducted in small groups by professional educators and trained volunteer guides.All of our field trip programs are available for home school groups. Our programs provide opportunities to integrate hands-on ecology, environmental science and plant science into your home school curriculum. For the best learning experience at Tyler, classes with mixed ages will be divided into age groups.
Charles Brightbill Environmental CenterMercersburg
The Center is a "living history museum" as well as an environmental center. The museum is designed with various ecosystems and some of the animals that live in them. We have over 700 specimens. Programs are $5/child. Grouping for programs are designed to be age-appropriate.
The Conococheague InstituteMercersburg
The Conococheague Institute is a hands-on regional learning center. Headquartered within Rock Hill Farm, a well-preserved historic farmstead that was established in the early 18th century in southern Franklin County, Pennsylvania, near the village of Welsh Run. The 30-acre site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes two historic house museum with outbuildings, a research library, two relocated historic log structures, walking trails with access to a pioneer cemetery, and several historic gardens.
The Barnes FoundationMerion
The Barnes Foundation houses one of the finest collections of nineteenth and twentieth-century French painting in the world. An extraordinary number of masterpieces by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse provide a depth of work by these artists unavailable elsewhere. Established as an educational institution the Barnes carries out its mission teaching classes in its galleries and Arboretum. The Barnes welcomes visitors and students throughout the year.
Jacobsburg Environmental Education CenterNazareth
Jacobsburg was once the site where the famous Henry Rifle was made. The Jacobsburg National Historic District lies almost entirely within the center property and gives visitors insight into a colonial gun manufactory. Park environmental education programs area available from the preschool environmental awareness programs to high school level environmental problem solving programs, historical programs, teacher workshops, and public interpretive programs.
Little Buffalo State ParkNewport
Little Buffalo State Park offers picnic areas, hiking trails and a lake for fishing and boating. Historical features include a covered bridge, a restored, operating grist mill, an old farm house built on the site of a colonial tavern, and a narrow gauge railroad trace which feature one of the original railroad cars.
Norristown Farm ParkNorristown
One of the most unique parks in the Pennsylvania state park system, Norristown Farm Park is a working farm in continuous use since colonial times. There are 15 historic buildings on the property, the earliest dating from 1764.
Oil Creek State ParkOil City
The Oil Creek Valley is the site of the world's first commercial oil well. Oil Creek State Park tells the story of the early petroleum industry by interpreting oil boomtowns, oil wells and early transportation.
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish ArtPhiladelphia
The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art (PMJA), founded in 1975, presents contemporary art exhibits that illuminate the Jewish experience. Organizing three solo and group shows a year, the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art exhibits work by artists of diverse backgrounds. In addition to the special exhibits, the Museum features a permanent collection of works by artists including William Anastasi, Chaim Gross, Shelley Spector, Boaz Vaadia and Roman Vishniac, all of whom exhibited at the PMJA.
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental EducationPhiladelphia
The Schuylkill Center was founded in 1965 as the nation's first urban environmental education center. Its 340-acres of fields and forests serve as a living laboratory to foster appreciation, deepen understanding, and encourage stewardship of the environment. Reaching over 36,000 Philadelphia-area residents each year, the Schuylkill Center offers a diverse collection of educational programs, including programs for school, continuing education for teachers, Pennsylvania's first Nature Preschool, and a full calendar of events for the public. The environmental art department inspires and educates, while pushing the cutting edge and using art to remediate local ecological issues.
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church) National Historic SitePhiladelphia
Before William Penn, the Swedes were here, building log homes and a brick church, GLORIA DEI. Imagine the transformation - town becomes city - 13 colonies become a nation -- Swedish Lutheran church becomes Episcopalian. Re-discover Patriots and ordinary citizens buried in the cemetery. Enter Pennsylvania's oldest church and feel 300 years of history welcoming you.
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church) National Historic Site website
Woodford MansionPhiladelphia
Woodford Mansion, a National Historic Landmark, is a historic house museum. The interior of the house is furnished with 17th, 18th and early 19th century decorative and fine arts acquired by the collector Naomi Wood and the Trust established in her name, including one of the finest collections of 18th-century Philadelphia-made furniture to be found anywhere. An ideal trip for middle school and high school to learn about colonial era Philadelphia history, architecture, and decorative arts. Free visit, groups of larger 15 will need to be divided to accommodate the house size. Register for trips to Woodford on the website.
National Museum of American Jewish HistoryPhiladelphia
The National Museum of American Jewish History, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of Jews in America. Its purpose is to connect Jews more closely to their heritage and to inspire in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience and the freedoms to which Americans aspire. We offer special pricing for groups of 15 or more.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyPhiladelphia
Home to over a million extraordinary objects from around the world, the Penn Museum has been highlighting our shared humanity across continents and millennia since 1887. In expanding access to archaeology and anthropology, the Penn Museum builds empathy and connections between cultures through experiences online and onsite in our galleries. Visit the Penn Museum Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. We offer onsite programs designed for homeschooling families, learning pods, and co-ops, as well as virtual programs throughout the year.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology website
Independence National Historical ParkPhiladelphia
Independence Hall is the assembly hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Liberty Bell is located there as well. The website offers links and information for folks not able to visit in person.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialPhiladelphia
Visit the house where wounded Polish freedom fighter Thaddeus Kosciuszko lived and hear how this brilliant military engineer designed successful fortifications during the American Revolution. See the room where he received notable visitors such as Chief Little Turtle and Thomas Jefferson, who said he was "as pure a son of liberty, as I have ever known..."
Edgar Allan Poe National Historical SitePhiladelphia
"For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen," so begins Poe's famous short story "The Black Cat," written while living in this house with his family. Writer, editor, popular poet and inventor of the detective story, Edgar Allan Poe still thrills readers today. Come imagine Poe's life on Seventh Street, his only surviving residence in Philadelphia.
Fireman's Hall MuseumPhiladelphia
One of the nation's premier fire museums, the Fireman's Hall Museum's mission is to preserve the ongoing history of Philadelphia firefighting through the collection, preservation, and presentation of related artifacts for the education of the public and to encourage sound fire prevention practices.
Academy of Natural SciencesPhiladelphia
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." The Academy today is integrating its activities in research and education around environmental themes.
Rosenbach Museum & LibraryPhiladelphia
The Rosenbach Museum & Library was founded in 1954 through a testamentary gift by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother, Philip (1863-1953). Renowned dealers in books, manuscripts, and fine art, the brothers played a central role in the development of private libraries that later became our nation's most important public collections of rare books, such as the Folger and Huntington Libraries. The brothers' own personal collection, now the core of the Rosenbach, features treasures the brothers were unable to part with, including the only surviving copy of Benjamin Franklin's first Poor Richard Almanac and the manuscript of James Joyce's Ulysses. The collection has since grown to include the papers of poet Marianne Moore, Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula, and the drawings of Maurice Sendak, adding richness and relevance to the experience of visiting the Rosenbach.
Please Touch MuseumPhiladelphia
Since 1976, Please Touch Museum has been the children's museum of Philadelphia. With two full floors of fun, engaging exhibits, children are empowered to pursue their curiosity and explore the wonder within their own imaginations. All guests must make a reservation to visit Please Touch Museum.
Simeone Foundation Automotive MuseumPhiladelphia
From the dawn of the automotive era, racing has been used to demonstrate the superiority of one manufacturer over another. It is this "Spirit of Competition" that we celebrate at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Assembled by renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Frederick Simeone over a span of 50 years, the Museum collection contains over 60 of the rarest and most significant racing sports cars ever built.
Carnegie Museum of ArtPittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Art was founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895. One of the four Carnegie museums of Pittsburgh, it is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the 16th century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to enhancing understanding of the physical environment through its exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
August Wilson Center for African American CulturePittsburgh
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture engages regional and national audiences in its mission of preserving, presenting, interpreting, celebrating, and shaping the art, culture, and history of African Americans in Western Pennsylvania and people of African descent throughout the world.
Heinz Memorial ChapelPittsburgh
Heinz Memorial Chapel is a non-denomination chapel, part of the University of Pittsburgh and an Historic Landmark. The architecture is impressive, as well as the 23 stained glass windows depicting not only religious figures but leaders in science, art, literature and exploration. Tours for all ages are available. The Chapel is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh very near the Carnegie museum and Phipps Botanical Gardens. The building has restrooms and an accessible entrance. Please call the Chapel office for more information and to book a tour. 412-624-4157
Children's Museum of PittsburghPittsburgh
The Children’s Museum’s award-winning, three-story building connects two historic buildings, Allegheny Post Office Building & the Buhl Building. Hands-on, interactive exhibit areas and experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity, and curiosity include the Studio, MAKESHOP, Waterplay, Nursery, Garage, Kindness Gallery, and Backyard. Visit the MuseumLab next door to the Children's Museum, with new exhibits, art, and programs for ages 10+. Included with Museum admission.
Andy Warhol MuseumPittsburgh
The Andy Warhol Museum is a vital forum in which diverse audiences of artists, scholars, and the general public are galvanized through creative interaction with the art and life of Andy Warhol. The Warhol is ever-changing and constantly redefining itself in relation to contemporary life, using its unique collections and dynamic, interactive programming as tools.
Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburgh
When it opened in 1895, the museum’s early collections included artifacts from ancient Egypt, beautiful minerals, exotic wildlife taxidermy, and, of course, dinosaurs. As the museum grew and expanded, Carnegie botanists, entomologists, zoologists, anthropologists, and other scientists studying the natural world traveled abroad on expeditions from the Arctic to the Amazon in search of new discoveries and scientific insights. The artifacts, flora, and fauna they collected grew the Carnegie research and display collection from thousands to millions of objects.
Frick Art & Historical CenterPittsburgh
The Frick Art & Historical Center visitors enjoy the culture and refinement of the Gilded Age.
Tour-Ed Mine & MuseumPittsburgh
"Our field trips are really coal! We provide one of the most unique educational field trips for schools in Pittsburgh. We combine mining history and earth science with an incredible hands-on experience 1/2 mile beneath the earth's surface with real coal miners. The Tour-Ed Mine is a perfect fit for elementary schools and middle schools looking for an educational and exciting field trip for their students. We also cater to other organizations in Western Pennsylvania like home schooled groups, Scouts and groups of 25 or more. This is an interactive coal mine tour and museum. Our tours combine history and science. We have facilities to eat lunch (pavilion), free parking and a gift shop. Please visit our website for more information or to request a tour."
Kalahari Resorts & ConventionsPocono Manor
Kalahari Resorts and Conventions located in the Pocono Mountains PA is America's Largest Indoor Waterpark. Offering discounted day passes for groups. From (2) toddler sections to the intermediate splash down safari all the way to the drop down slides there is something for all ages! Spend all day in our waterpark with your students, parents, teachers your group will enjoy Kalahari Resorts & Conventions!
Friendship Hill National Historic SitePoint Marion
Albert Gallatin is best remembered for his thirteen year tenure as Secretary of the Treasury during the Jefferson and Madison administrations. In that time he reduced the national debt, purchased the Louisiana Territory and funded the Lewis & Clark exploration. Gallatin's accomplishments and contributions are highlighted in his restored country estate, Friendship Hill.
McConnells Mill State ParkPortersville
McConnells Mill State Park is open from sunrise to sunset, year-round. A gristmill built in the 1800s is open for tours.
Pottsgrove ManorPottstown
Pottsgrove Manor exemplifies history of iron making and life in 18th century Pottstown. With changing exhibits and monthly special events, Pottsgrove Manor is the perfect destination for those interested in local, revolutionary, industrial and social history.The friendly staff are always welcoming and eager to help make special visits and projects engaging, informative, and interactive. Suggested $2.00 Donation, materials fee for special events sometimes higher. Check out our website or call the site to find out more information!
Tom Ridge Environmental Center - Presque IslePresque Isle
The Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC) is an educational center dedicated to teaching visitors about the unique 3,200 acres of Presque Isle and the many different forms of life that inhabit the peninsula. While some facilities along the Great Lakes offer environmental education and others do research, none offer research, education, and visitor services in one place, making TREC a unique destination for learning, wonder, and fun. TREC is open year-round and offers free admission to its interactive exhibits, glass-enclosed tower, and orientation movie.
Nolde Forest Environmental Education CenterReading
The Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center offers environmental education programs. Contact the center office for a listing of upcoming educational programs.
Steamtown National Historic SiteScranton
Steam engines excite the senses, Steamtown keeps their stories alive! Feel the heat from the firebox. Hear the bell and whistle. Smell the hot steam and oil. Feel the ground vibrate under your feet. See the one ton drive rods turn the wheels. Hear the chuff-chuff-chuff of the smokestack. Today, you can relive the era of steam as the engines come back to life. The cinders, grease, oil, steam, people and stories of railroading have returned.
Jennings Environmental Education CenterSlippery Rock
Jennings offers a full range of educational programs about the rare relict prairie ecosystem.
Somerset Historical CenterSomerset
The Somerset Historical Center is a 150-acre rural history museum located 4 miles north of the town of Somerset, Pennsylvania. The Somerset Historical Center preserves the history of life in rural southwestern Pennsylvania from the times of the region's first farmers to the present day through exhibits, workshops and educational programs. The Historical Center serves as the headquarters of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County. Permanent orientation exhibits and videos can be seen in the Visitors Center, constructed in 1997. The Visitors Center is also home to the Historical Society's Genealogical Research Library and additional changing exhibits.
Johnstown Flood National MemorialSouth Fork
Johnstown Flood of 1889 There was no larger news story in the latter nineteenth century after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The story of the Johnstown Flood has everything to interest the modern mind: a wealthy resort, an intense storm, an unfortunate failure of a dam, the destruction of a working-class city, and an inspiring relief effort.
Taste Buds KitchenState College
Taste Buds Kitchen is a Kids Kitchen by day and an Adult BYOB Kitchen by night. You join us for an entertaining class, camp, party or special event where you create a culinary masterpiece and memories with your friends and families. We love cooking with kids, families and adults, ages 2 to 99. Offering both a 2 hour field trip where the students would have exclusive use of the kitchen space, hands-on instruction with chefs, and make recipes from scratch! Taste Buds Kitchen is truly the place to Learn. Laugh. Cook.
Refreshing MountainSteven
Explore the outdoors like never before. Refreshing Mountain offers everything from ziplining and high ropes courses to wildlife programs and teambuilding. Stay overnight in their family-friendly cabins or come for the day. From large groups to individual families, there is something for just about everyone in your family. Built for families by families, they seek to provide a space that refreshes, educates and explores the world around us.
Flight 93 National MemorialStoystown
Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center provides an indoor exhibit on the Flight 93 story. Visitors can walk the flight path at the Visitor Center and again at the Memorial Plaza. A visit to the Memorial Plaza offers an intimate view and walk along the crash site and debris field. The names of the 40 passengers and crew members are listed on white marble at the Wall of Names.
Twin Pines Camp, Conference, and Retreat CenterStroudsburg
Christian camp ministry in Stroudsburg PA, offering a number of fun activities and Christ Centered learning experiences including mini-golf, a playground, a gym, 250 acres of hiking trails, an education focused nature center, and a pool and pond in the warmer months; Twin Pines is a perfect place for a day trip. Call or email to setup a home school experience for groups from 10-100. 570-629-2411
Penn State All-Sports MuseumUniversity Park
The All-Sports Museum honors the student-athletes and coaches through history who have helped make Penn State's intercollegiate athletic program one of the best in the nation. Inside the Museum, the inspirational story of men's and women's sports at Penn State is shown in dramatic visuals that cover the walls from floor to ceiling. You'll see larger-than-life photographs as well as the equipment athletes use and the uniforms they wear
Delaware Canal State ParkUpper Black Eddy
Delaware Canal State Park is a 60-mile towpath of the Delaware Canal making up a stroll into American History. The Delaware Canal is the only remaining continuously intact canal of the great towpath canal building era of the early and mid-19th century. Mule-drawn canal boat rides and the Lock Tender's House Visitor Center are at New Hope.
Pennsylvania Trolley MuseumWashington
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum is excited to offer a wide variety of onsite field trip opportunities for students PreK through 12th grade. Field trips are currently available Mondays through Fridays from January to November. Field trips include a 4-mile ride on a fully-restored streetcar, a guided tour of our Trolley Display Building, and time to explore our brand new 21,000 sq. ft. Welcome and Education Center, which features brand-new, hands-on, STEAM-centered, interactive exhibits. Add a STEAM Module onto your visit for even more student-centered activities, learning, and fun!
Bradford House Museum; Whiskey Rebellion Education & Visitor CenterWashington
The mission of the Bradford House Historical Association is to educate as we preserve and promote the history of the Whiskey Rebellion and the 18th-century life and times of David Bradford. Our sites include the National Historic Landmark Bradford House built in 1788, the Whiskey Rebellion Education and Visitor Center, and the Meeting House classroom. Our focus is life on the 1790s southwestern PA frontier and the 1791-1794 Whiskey Rebellion, a significant event in the early years of our nation. Field trips are adapted to the age of the participants (preK-12), size of the group, and length of visit, and can include house tours led by costumed docents, hearth cooking demonstrations in our kitchen cabin, 18th c toys and games, herb garden activities, 18th c school lessons, and a walk-through timeline of the people, places, and events of the Whiskey Rebellion.
Bradford House Museum; Whiskey Rebellion Education & Visitor Center website
The Destination Freedom Underground Railroad Walking TourWaverly
The Destination Freedom: Underground Railroad Walking Tour of Waverly is the only program centered around the Underground Railroad and local Civil War-era history of its kind in the region. It is an interactive program that explores the lives of the small village's abolitionists and formerly enslaved settlers. As a public-oriented program, we aim to tell the story of Waverly by exploring the town itself and using the experiences of 19th-century Waverly residents to better understand the world around us today.
The Destination Freedom Underground Railroad Walking Tour website
Renfrew Museum and ParkWaynesboro
Renfrew is a restored farmstead with many outbuildings to see and activities to participate in. Your tour begins at our Visitors Center with a DVD presentation, and an explanation of the nation's leading collection of John Bell and Bell family pottery. Paid admission takes you on a guided tour of the 1812 Renfrew Museum where you will see the kitchen, dining room, parlors and bedrooms with period furnishings throughout.
American Helicopter Museum & Education CenterWest Chester
The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center is the nation's premier aviation museum devoted exclusively to helicopters. We collect, restore and display historic aircraft and chronicle the origin and development of rotary wing aircraft.
Hickory Run State ParkWhite Haven
Hickory Run State Park is the home of Boulder Field, a National Natural Landmark. About 20,000 years ago, a giant sheet of ice at least 1 mile thick straddled Hickory Run. The western part of the park, including Hickory Run Lake, was underneath the glacier. The land to the east is higher and was not covered by the glacier, but was greatly affected by the cold climate. Boulder Field was created in this unglaciated area. The western side of the park is covered in the end moraine of the glacier. Like a giant bulldozer, the glacier scraped the land; and rocks, sand, and other debris were pushed along and frozen to the glacier. When the glacier melted and retreated, this debris was dropped, making a landscape of bogs and glacial till called a moraine. Areas of the park once covered by the glacier and the moraine are easily seen on the Hickory Run State Park Recreational Guide.
Peter J. McGovern Little League MuseumWilliamsport
The Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum is all about the excitement of Little League Baseball and Softball. From its humble beginnings in 1939 as a three-team league in Williamsport through today and millions of participants in scores of countries, the museum is a tribute to Little League, past and present.
