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Student Field Trips

The Holland Museum offers a variety of engaging history and STEAM-focused field trip options for all ages. Our tours and hands-on experiences provide a learner-centered environment where students use critical thinking skills to gain a richer understanding of Holland’s past while appreciating our community’s diverse present.  All programs meet current curriculum standards.

For questions or to schedule a visit, please contact the Holland Museum: loren@hollandmuseum.org, or click on the button link below to fill out a form request. Please have 2-3 date options available.

Schedule an Educational Tour

Holland Museum Field Trips

  • Capacity: 30 students, 6 adults max. Groups larger than 15 students will be divided and rotated between the chosen activities.
  • Length: The average field trip is 1.5 hours, depending on the options selected.
  • Cost: $4.00 per student, including Spark!Lab Smithsonian.

Historic Cappon and Settlers House Field Trips

  • Capacity: 30 students, 6 adults max. Groups larger than 15 students will be divided and rotated between the two houses and the Visitor Center.
  • Length: The average field trip is 1.5 hours, depending on the options selected.
  • Cost: $4.00 per student.

Reduced Admission and Busing Assistance

Thanks to generous contributions from our supporters, the Holland Museum is pleased to offer reduced admission for field trips, as well as busing subsidies to qualifying schools and non-profit organizations (after-school programs, camps, etc.) that serve under-resourced youth. Click the button link below for qualifications and to apply.

Application for Reduced Admission & Busing Assistance

Field Trip Options

Holland Museum SparkLab Spring 2023Activity

Pre-K to First Grade

History Senses (1 hour)
Using their five senses, students will learn how historians rely on objects and their own observations to uncover historical facts and stories about people, places, and cultures of the past. A short take-home project is included.

2nd to 6th Grade

Holland Museum & Spark!Lab: Extraordinary Inventions (1.5 hrs)
Students explore the History Gallery as they search for objects and inventions that tell the story of Holland’s rich history. Following the tour, students will spend time in our Spark!Lab Smithsonian space working through the process of invention.

Cappon and Settlers Houses: Through the Eyes of a Child (1.5 hours)
Students explore what children’s lives were like during the Victorian Era by comparing the lifestyles of wealthy families like the Cappons and working-class families. Students will also discuss what school days were like in early Holland and how local children experienced the Great Holland Fire of 1871. Activities include creating a Victorian calling card, playing with historic toys, as well as examining Cappon artifacts like report cards and photos.

7th Grade to College

Holland Museum: Exploration Tour (1.5 hours)
Choose from a tour of the permanent galleries, our temporary exhibits, the Dutch Galleries, or take a tour of the entire museum. Students will learn about Dutch culture, the history of Holland from its beginning, and more! Check our website for dates and descriptions for our special temporary exhibits. Exhibitions List–Holland Museum

Cappon and Settlers Houses: Cappon Family Tour (1.5 hours)
Travel back in time to late 19th century Holland through the stories of Isaac Cappon, the first mayor of Holland and his large family. Visit their 1874 Italianate home, restored to its 1902 appearance, their carriage barn, and the beautiful gardens, maintained by the Holland Garden Club. The visit concludes with a tour of the Settlers House, an 1867 working-class family home that survived the 1871 Holland Fire.

Adult Tour Groups

Cost: $8.00/adult

Holland Museum: Exploration Tour (1.5 hours)
Choose from a tour of the permanent galleries, our temporary exhibits, the Dutch Galleries, or take a tour of the entire museum. Visitors will learn about Dutch culture, the history of Holland from its beginning, and more! Check our website for dates and descriptions for our special temporary exhibits. Exhibitions List–Holland Museum

Cappon and Settlers Houses: Cappon Family Tour (1.5 hours)
Travel back in time to late 19th century Holland through the stories of Isaac Cappon, the first mayor of Holland and his large family. Visit their 1874 Italianate home, restored to its 1902 appearance, their carriage barn, and the beautiful gardens, maintained by the Holland Garden Club. The visit concludes with a tour of the Settlers House, an 1867 working-class family home that survived the 1871 Holland Fire.

Classroom Resources

Educators! Our History in a Box educational kits are a new tool to bring history alive in your classrooms. Each History in a Box offers artifacts, activities, and opportunities for hands-on exploration that will inspire students. Kits contain supplies and printed materials for 30 students. 

  • $50 for a two-week rental.
  • Recommended for 2nd–5th grade.
  • To request a History in a Box, click on the button link below and fill out the form. Please have 2-3 date options available.

History in a Box Request

Extended Learning

Pair your History in a Box with a field trip and extend the learning!

  • We recommend scheduling your box before the field trip.
  • $25 for a two-week rental with a field trip booking.

 

Picture of Holland Museum classroom educational resources for the Native American History in a Box.

"Native American Stories" History in a Box learning kit.

Native American Stories
Explore the indigenous People of the Three Fires who called Michigan and the Great Lakes region home. Topics include maple sugaring, Native American trails and transportation, trapping and European involvement, and more. Kit includes all the supplies for a bartering activity, planting Three Sisters, plus a Timeline activity for 30 students. 

 

Picture of Holland Museum classroom educational resources for the Cappon House History in a Box.

"The Cappon Family and Victorian Era" History in a Box learning kit.

The Cappon Family and the Victorian Era
Discover how people worked, played, and were educated during the Victorian Era through the lens of the Cappon family. Artifacts, reproductions, and activities will provide students with hands-on learning. Topics include Cappon family history and the 1871 Holland Fire, schooling and continuing education for boys and girls, and the evolution of communication in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kit includes supplies for a one-room school experience, and rotating stations to explore old-fashioned toys, tools, and other artifacts about the roles of young men and women. Activities also include a Cappon family tree, a Holland timeline, cursive and Victorian letter writing handouts, how to fold a Pressmen’s hat, learn Morse code, and a typesetting exercise.

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