Mid-America Science Museum
A Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, this is a hands-on museum where visitors are invited to explore at their own pace and encouraged to interact with over 100 exhibits that demonstrate the concepts of perception, energy, matter and life.
501-767-3461
United States Naval Academy
Provides educational tours for grades 4-12, Navy Way Boot Camps for grades 1-5 and A Path to Leadership tour for grades 10-12. 410-293-8111.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Conveniently located in Mathews Park, offering families access to green grass and fresh air. The award-winning building serves as exhibit itself topped by the museum's whimsical tower - its windows are eyes, ears and a mouth; its nose is a sundial; its hat a birdcage where flights of fancy are hatched; and the hat has a "feathervane" in honor of the local folk hero, Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue, Norwalk, (203-899-0606).
The Discovery Museum and Planetarium Bridgeport
Hands-on Brains-On Learning! Experience the wonder of science discovery through interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, first class lessons aligned with CT science standards, planetarium shows and CT’s only Challenger Learning Center.
Timexpo: The Timex Museum
The Timexpo® The Timex Museum is an educational tool with many opportunities for your group to learn in a fun hands-on environment.
Cradle of Aviation Museum
When school groups visit the museum there is magic in the air as students and teachers experience Long Island’s amazing aerospace heritage of discovery. Garden City. Tel: 516-572-4066.
Long Island Children's Museum
14 hands-on exhibits on the arts, literacy, science, social studies and a special exhibit on the physically challenged. Tel: 516-224-5800. REGION: LONG ISLAND NY.
Louisiana Children’s Museum
At this nationally-recognized museum, the official rule is ‘Please Touch!’ Captain a tugboat, anchor the news, and leave your shadow on the wall in the Shadow Trap. 504-586-0725. REGION: South East, LA.
United States Naval Academy
Provides educational tours for grades 4-12, Navy Way Boot Camps for grades 1-5 and A Path to Leadership tour for grades 10-12. 410-293-8111.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
The museum is housed in a 17,000 square foot building on its own 80-acre site and abutted by 320 acres of town- and conservation-owned land.
Insectropolis Toms River
Insectropolis is a unique, interactive bug museum that is both entertaining and educational for visitors of all ages and interest levels. 732-349-7090
Drawing Center
The Drawing Center’s Schools Program provides a lively and informative experience of art-viewing and art-making with an interactive tour of the current exhibition and a hands-on drawing workshop. New York City, NY. Tel: 212-219-2166.
Jewish Children's Museum
The JCM’s hands-on and high-tech environment educates children of all backgrounds and faiths about Jewish life, Jewish history and universal values, thereby promoting tolerance through understanding.
Museum of Biblical Art
The Museum of Biblical Art is a non-profit educational institution whose mission is to better understand how the narratives and symbols of the Bible have influenced the history of art and visual culture.
New York Transit Museum Brooklyn
Housed in an historic 1936 subway station in Brooklyn Heights, this is the nation's largest museum devoted to public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world.
The Noguchi Museum
The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum is dedicated to the work of world-renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Private group tours at The Noguchi Museum are available to groups of ten people or more.
Jewish Children's Museum
The JCM’s hands-on and high-tech environment educates children of all backgrounds and faiths about Jewish life, Jewish history and universal values, thereby promoting tolerance through understanding.
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center
From its 1,700 foot hilltop, the Kopernik Observatory offers three domed observatories and four classroom labs for specified subjects such as: space science, physics, earth science and computers. Tel: 607-748-3685.
Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum
Peter J. McGovern Little League® Museum; a small piece of America’s favorite pastime. Learn the history of Little League Baseball & Softball. Batting & Pitching cages. 570-326-3607. www.LittleLeague.org.
National Liberty Museum
The National Liberty Museum was created to help defuse violence and bigotry by celebrating America’s heritage of freedom and the wonderful diverse society it has produced. Philadelphia. Tel: 215-925-2800.
McDonald Observatory
Explore the universe with your students at the McDonald Observatory! Fort Davis. Tel: 432-426-3672. REGION: Jeff Davis County, West TX.
