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Bring the Museum to You
Bring the Museum to you
Bring Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s expert educators to your location! We can visit classrooms, libraries, and other community locations for hands-on activities, or set up the Mini Museum for larger groups and events. All programs can be adapted for different age ranges and neurodiverse learners, and scholarships are available.
Science Adventure Classes
Length: 30-45 minute classes
Price: $200 per class session
Educators from Carnegie Museum of Natural History come visit you—wherever you are! This hands-on activity is designed for classrooms and smaller groups and includes up-close looks at artifacts, fossils, rocks, and more. We can visit several classrooms/groups in one day to ensure all interested learners can participate.
Mini Museum
Price: $350 for a 4 hour engagement
The Mini Museum brings a variety of authentic natural history materials to your event! Create a museum-like atmosphere and encourage firsthand exploration of topics like dinosaurs, animals, and cultures. This program is perfect for larger groups to enjoy for several hours during festivals, community gatherings, and fairs.
Book a Virtual Field Trip
Book a Virtual Field Trip
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Scholarship / Funding Information
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History offer limited scholarship funding each year for K–12 schools and groups who demonstrate financial need. If you are interested in applying for scholarship assistance, please review the guidelines below.
How do I know if I qualify?
Funding is based on financial need. Decisions about disbursements are made based on the table below.
| Indicator of Financial Need | % Scholarship to Allocate |
| 40% students eligible for Free & Reduced Lunch | Up to 100% Scholarship |
| 20-40% students eligible for Free & Reduced Lunch | Up to 50% Scholarship |
| <20% students eligible for Free & Reduced Lunch | Not Eligible for Scholarship Funds |
What does the funding cover?
Depending upon available funding sources, grants may cover program and admission fees, bus transportation, or some combination of both. Funding is contingent upon participation by your group in a museum educational program. Funding is not available for student lunches or unguided visits.
In order to extend funds to as many students as we can, we may offer partial funding based on your school or groups needs and our program costs. We receive many requests and try to match every request with appropriate funding whenever possible, but group scholarship funds are limited.
How do I know if I received funding?
When we have received your application and visit request, we will check them against our group calendar and current funding opportunities, and email you with your visit dates and funding amounts.
How does bus funding work?
If you are awarded bus funding, order your bus(es) as you usually would, and have the bus company send the invoice to us for payment. If that’s not possible, we can reimburse your school with an invoice from your business office. All invoices should be sent to the Group Visits Office at the above address. Invoices for busing must be received within 30 (thirty) days of your visit. Invoices received after that time may not be able to be paid.
Virtual Field Trips & Activities
Take your group on a virtual adventure with Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Virtual Field Trips & Activities are offered in a variety of themes and two delivery styles and can be adapted for different age ranges and learning needs.
Before You Book Your Virtual Field Trip – Gather Information
- Virtual Programs must be booked four weeks in advance. This allows us to coordinate with you regarding the unique digital needs of your group.
- Have a preferred date for your program and back up date.
- Have the number of children and adults attending your program.
Virtual Field Trips cost $200 per session.
(10 participant minimum)
To request special disability accommodations for virtual programs, please contact groupvisits@carnegiemuseums.org There is also a space to request accommodations in the booking form.
We have scholarship opportunities for schools and organizations that qualify. Apply for a scholarship for a group visit or field trip.
Pick Your Program Theme & Format
Dinosaurs
Kamin Hall of Dinosaurs Virtual Tour
Explore classic favorites, as well as some surprises, from Kamin Hall of Dinosaurs—Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s core exhibition featuring real dinosaur fossils. Museum experts guide you through an interactive experience broadcast live with amazing views of the fossils and environments on display.
Dinosaurs Interactive Lesson and Hands-on Activity
Travel back in time to a world ruled by massive plant eaters and vicious carnivores. Discover fossils, learn about what a paleoartist does, and try your hand at this Cretaceous career!
Animals & Their Ecosystems
Wildlife Halls Tour
Take a virtual tour of the wildlife hall at Carnegie Museum of Natural History and investigate unique adaptations of animals and their environments through drawings and observations.
Animals Interactive Lesson and Hands-on Activity
Discover the wild ways animals use fur, feathers, scales, and more to adapt to their habitats, and discuss what people can do to protect their wild relatives.
Egypt
Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt Tour
Take a virtual tour to explore the connections between nature and human culture in Ancient Egypt.
Egypt Interactive Lesson and Hands-on Activity
Write your name in hieroglyphics and analyze awesome artifacts. Identify animals that in the Nile River Valley and discover the significance of those animals to the ancient cultures in Egypt.
The virtual field trip today was AWESOME! The kids enjoyed it, were engaged, and had fun. I know they knew a lot, but they also LEARNED a lot-the content was thorough and well presented and I loved that it looked like we were right there in the museum with you next to the exhibits. It was one of the best virtual programs I have seen so far.
Jane Camp, Supervisor of Student Events, PA Cyber
Book Your Virtual Field Trip & Activity
Book Online
Book your field trip online and our Visitor Services team will get back to you via email to confirm details about your upcoming visit. If you have any questions, please email GroupVisits@CarnegieMuseums.org for more information.
