Homeschool Programs
Homeschool Days: Life on the Blackland Prairie Past & Present
Join us on the Farmstead for Homeschool Day!
- Learn from demonstrators how useful products were made in the past or in the present
- Experience farm chores including laundry, plowing and planting a field, feeding the chickens, and milking Buttermilk the Cow (our mechanical milking machine).
- Meet the farm animals: pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, Poncho the donkey and more!
- Enjoy a wagon ride around the farm!
- Take part in a scavenger hunt across the 4-acre farmstead.
Wilson House will not be open for this event.
Activities open 10am-12pm; grounds close at 1pm
- Child $12 (2-16 years old)
- Under 2 years old – no charge
- Adult $5 (17 years and up)
- Museum Members get one adult ticket FREE with purchase of a child’s ticket.
- All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Spring 2025 guided tours are sold out!
Consider joining us at a Homeschool Day
or Springtime on the Farm Springtime on the Farm – Heritage Farmstead Museum
Homeschool Field Trips
Scheduling for 2025-2026 school year opens August 13!
Make history come alive with a Heritage Farmstead Museum guided tour. Programs focus on life on the Blackland Prairie from 1891-1936.
Your students will experience life on the Blackland Prairie with authentic activities which could include farm chores such as planting and plowing, clothes washing, or feeding the chickens. Students connect agriculture with technology to gain a better understanding of how Texans have adapted to their environment over time.
Tours last 90 minutes and allow for hands-on exploration with trained docents or staff. Parent chaperones are essential to help guide students through stations.
$10 per student (40 student minimum to schedule)
$5 per parent
Add-on options:
- Wagon rides – $2 per student any grade
- Beeswax candle rolling – $2 per student for 1st-5th grade
- Leather stamping -$4 per student for 2nd-6th grade
