Venue Ideas for Home School Field Trips

If you are new to home school field trips or need some tips on where to start for fun and educational home school field trip opportunities, Homeschool Pool has compiled a starter list to give you ideas.  We are also adding some specifics to a supplemental Texas/Houston Home School Field Trip Ideas article.  We will continue to update this post as well as the local ones as more ideas come to us.  Please feel free to add your ideas as well.  If you have any specific home school field trip venues for your city and state, please submit them and we will start a list for your area.  We look forward to hearing your home school field trip ideas!

• Aquariums
• Architectural Tours
• Art Tours
• Ballet
• Children’s book signings/readings
• Columbus’ Ships (touring – check location/schedule)
• Contemporary Arts Museum
• Cultural Heritage Museums
• Farms and ranches
• Fine Arts Museum
• Fire Department
• Gardens
• Historical sites
• Holiday events
• Hospital
• Local business tours – Often local businesses are happy to prepare something for a small group such as a tour and a presentation about what they do.  Check with local physicians, veterinarians, bakeries, restaurants, etc.
• Local library events
• Local sports events/venue/arenas
• Local Theater Group
• Museum of Natural Science
• Nautical museums
• Observatory
• Opera
• Orchestra – Even if you don’t have a professional orchestra in your town, your local high school or college will likely have an orchestra or concert band.
• Parks
• Plant nurseries
• Pop Art Museum
• Police Department
• Sculptures/Sculpture Gardens
• Symphony
• Volunteer Opportunities
• War Museums/Memorials
• Zoo

Please let us know what your home school field trip ideas are by emailing us at info@homeschoolpool.info.  Keep checking back as we will add to it.  Also look for your local field trip ideas:

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