Houston Groups and Field Trip Opportunities

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Houston Field Trip & Group Tour Opportunities

It’s field trip time! Sometimes you just have to get a group together! Here are some great places to go and things to see with your group, be school, scout, or any other! Check out our Calendar of Events for information related to specific education days and events.

*Always independently verify times and prices

What kind of field trip are you taking?

Historical

Nature, Outdoors, & Animals

Theatre & the Arts

STEM

Athletic & Just for Fun

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• Galveston Navel Museum
  • Available for groups of 15 or more
• Galveston Railroad Museum:
  • Minimum 12 children and adults, $4.50-9.50 per person
• George Ranch Historical Park Field Trips:
  • Several program options for all grades, from $7-12
    • Self-Guided
    • Structured Programs
    • Immersive/ Role-Playing:
• The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park
  • $4 per child, $5 per adult chaperone (1 for every 10 students required)
• Holocaust Museum Houston:
  • Tours are for grades 6 and up, maximum 60 people
  • Tours last 2 1/2 hours and cannot be scheduled to start after 3 pm
• Houston Maritime Museum
  • $5 per person upto 25 people, tours last 1-1.5 hours
• Liendo Plantation – Civil War Weekend School Day:
  • Usually November; $5 per person
• Lone Star Flight Museum:
  • $7.95 per student, an optional add-on available such as the Aviation Learning Center and specific classes
• National Museum of Funeral History:
  • Group rates available for a minimum of 25 guests, $8 per person
• Rosenberg Railroad Museum:
  • Available Wednesday through Friday at 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m.
  • $5-7 per person
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site & Battleship Texas:
  • San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site – admission to the site is FREE there are additional fees to access the San Jacinto Museum features: ride the elevator to the top of the monument ($2 each), to access the special exhibits ($2 each) and/or watch Texas Forever!! ($4 each) – a combo ticket for school groups is $4 each
  • Battleship Texas: the ship has closed for an extensive repair project. There is no projected reopening date.
• Texas Renaissance Festival School Days:
  • Canceled as of 2021

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• Baytown Wetlands Education Center
  • $5 per student, add-ons available
• Bee Weaver (Navasota):
  • Hive Tours, Honey Tasting, & Queen catching demos can be set up along with specialty classes and multiple events throughout the year
• Crocodile Encounter
• Dewberry Farms Field Trips:
  • Students, Chaperones & Parents $8.00 …Teachers, Teacher Aides and bus drivers FREE.
• Discovery Green
  • Free, but reservations are required for large groups
• Downtown Aquarium – Several tours and classes available for a groups
• Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier: options available for private groups of 25+ and school groups
• Houston Arboretum and Nature Center School Programs
  • Options available September-May for all grades. A minimum of 20 students required for booking, $6-15 per students
• Houston SPCA Shelter Tours:
  • By appointment only, free with recommended donations.
  • Appropriate for second grade and higher, 1 adult per six children, max group size is 20.
• Houston Zoo Field Trips:
  • M-F, 1 FREE adult chaperone required per 10 students (1 for every 5 Pre-K students)
  • Students $12; Adults $15, plus $20 processing fee on all orders
• Moody Gardens Field Trips:
  • Minimum 20 people, rates starting at $7.95 per person, meal add-ons available
• Nature and Discovery Center:
  • Program for Pre-K through 6th, $5-$7 per student. Maximum 40 students or two classes.
• Newman’s Castle
  • Perfect for groups under 50

The Outdoor Education Center at Camp Olympia

Explore impactful lesson plans like Forest and Aquatic Ecology, Texas History, and Astronomy designed to increase engagement and retention.

Work with our team to plan your day or overnight experience that’s tailored to the needs of your school. Take learning outdoors!

• Schlitterbahn Galveston Groups Rates:
  • Minimum of 15 guests
• Sheldon Lake State Park: For groups of 50 or less (or two classes) with a 1:10 ratio of chaperones to students, programming is offered T-Su, 9 am – 5 pm
• TGR Exotics Field Trips:
  • 25 student max, off-site outreach available

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• Alley Theatre Student Matinees: This season’s productions are A Mid Summer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol, & Syncing Ink
  • Tickets $12.50
• Art Car Museum: W-Su., 11 am – 6 pm, FREE
  • This is a small museum there are a few parking spots in front and a few on the street. Call if you will be taking a larger group.
• Bayou Bend School Tours (MFAH), Under 18 FREE, $10 for adults
  • Reservations should be made at least 3 weeks prior to visit
  • Guided programs appropriate for students 9 and up, maximum of 96 students, FREE
• Contemporary Arts Museum
  • Free for some groups, but reservations required for groups between 10 and 60. Groups must register 10 days prior to visiting
• Downtown Aquarium – Several tours and classes available for a group to set up
• Houston Ballet: several options for groups of at least 25, some need to be applied for in the previous school year
  • Programs: Ballet Talks, Chance to Dance, Dance to Learn, Guest Speaking, X: Explore, Extend, Excel!, Learning From the Masters, Studio Series, Student Matinees
• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft: Wed-Sa 10:30 am -3:30 am, FREE (tour sizes are minimum 10, maximum 30 with 1 adult chaperone required for every 10 students)
  • You can add a one-hour workshop for $50, plus $5 per participant
• Houston Grand Opera: performances and camps and student matinees
• Houston Symphony Student Concerts
  • $20 per seat for groups of 20 or less, $0-10 each for groups of 20 or more, 1 complimentary adult seat for every 10 students
• Lawndale Art Center:
  • Self-guided and guided tours available, FREE
• The Menil Collection: 11 am – 7 pm, FREE
  • 1-week notice for groups of more than 20 people & one adult chaperone for every 10 students required
• The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)
  • Free tours are available Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. for groups of 10-60 persons.
  • The tour will be themed toward the age group
• Pearl Fincher MFAH:
  • Guided Tours – a free docent-led tour that lasts about 45 minutes.
  • School Tours – to coordinate a larger group
• The Printing Museum: $0-10 per person
  • Tu-Th Group tours by appointment only
  • Fr & Sa guided tours at 11 am and 2 pm
• Project Row Houses: W-Su 12-5 pm, $0-$12
• Rienzi: Docent-led tours for school groups, FREE, Wed.-Fri. 10 am, 11 am, and 1 pm
• Rothko Chapel: 10 am -5 pm (for groups of 20 or more please a maintain a ratio of 1:10 chaperones to students is preferred), FREE (Donation of $5 per person suggested)
• Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) Student Matinees:
  • $9.75 tickets, 1 complimentary chaperone ticket for every 10 student tickets

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• Amazon Fulfillment Center – Live Virtual Tours & Amazon Future Engineer tours 
• Blackwood Educational Land Institute:
  • For grades 1-12
  • $11-15 per student, up to 50 students.
• Children’s Museum of Houston:
  • Maker Annex Focus Tour: $10/ child (2 chaperones required for every 12 children, FREE)
  • Field Trips– School Year T-F, 9:20 am & 11:30 am, $6 per student, minimum 15 children (1 FREE chaperone per 10 children)
    • Tour separated into five 20-minute segments
  • Scouts have two dedicated nights for sleepovers, $50 per scout and $25 per chaperone
• City of Houston WaterWorks Education Center: FREE, by Appointment only – M-F 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; suggested for groups of 15-50 students
• Funtastik Labs (Katy)
  • Can accommodate up to 200 people for Open Lab. Open Lab/ Walk-ins every Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun: $15-28, Ages 3 and up
• Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center
  • Summer Groups of 15 or more are $9 each in June and $10 thereafter
  • Schools or large groups can schedule from Oct-May on a Wednesday to Friday (except first Fridays of the months) from 10:15 a.m. – noon, admission will be $6 per student (minimum group size 15)
• The Health Museum: Field Trips, $8 per student
  • Lab add-ons available from $5-15 per student
• Houston Museum of Natural Science: (Sugar Land)
  • Expedition Center (HMNS Hermann Park or George Observatory)
    • For grades 1-12, and groups 12-44, from 1 hour and starting at $160
  • Student Labs – 1-hr. labs, up to 25 students, $165-200
• Kids Robotic Academy – Daytime classes for all age groups
• Little Beakers (Cypress/ The Woodlands)
  • 1-hour hands-on science labs, minimum of 20 people, starting at $7.25 per participant
• M.D. Anderson Traveling Puppet Show (FREE)
  • For grades K-4 at your location, minimum 25 kids
• Ocean Star ffshore Energy Center: Various options available for all kinds of groups and field trips. Educational tours start at $4 with activity add-on options
• Space Center Houston Field Trips:
  • $5.95-$12.95 advanced purchase (minimum of 20, 1 FREE with every 20)
  • Other groups can also receive discounted admission
• Space Center University (NASA)
  • Offered year-round for individuals and groups: Ages 11-14, 15-18, 18+ (College Level), Visual Impairment Program, & Educator Program, from $239-$725
    • The program needs at least 10 participants to open, max. 70
  • 3-5 day program intensive program
  • No on-site dormitories, double-occupancy hotel accommodations can be added
• Texas A&M University Galveston Campus (TAMUG)
  • Marine-oriented field trips for groups of all ages! 

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• Funplex Amusement Park: Passes from $19.99 per person, food add-ons available.
• Minute Maid Park Tours: Various packages are available for public tours
  • Educational Tours – available M-F, with a group minimum of 25 guests, contact 713.259.8996 or email tourstaff@astros.com $6-$20
• NRG Stadium Tour: $5-6, 2 & under FREE. Parking is free in the Blue Lots, via Gate #9. Select Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:15 a.m., noon, & 2 p.m. please email tours@nrgpark.com to confirm.
• Rao’s Bakery
  • $2/ child, maximum 15. Cookie and gelato included!