SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

Heritage Farmstead Museum offers educational programs and guided tours for school field trips, focusing on agricultural history during the period of 1891-1936.

Our tours are docent-led to allow students to maximize their learning and have the opportunity to ask questions of a trained volunteer or staff member. Teachers and parent chaperones are essential to support this experience.

There is a 40-student minimum in order to schedule a guided field trip, with a maximum of 100 students per day.

Tours are from 10am-11:30pm. Schools depart by 12:30pm.

You are welcome to pack your lunches and have a picnic after your tour. Wheeled coolers are recommended. Picnic tables are available first come, first served. We have 15 tables on the farm.

  • $12 per student
  • $8 per chaperone (1:10 chaperone-to-student ratio required)
  • 1 teacher per class is free
Add-on options:
  • Wagon ride – $2 per student, all grades
  • Beeswax candle rolling – $2 per student, 1st-5th grade
  • Leather stamping – $4 per student, 2nd-5th grade

Advanced registration is required, and payment must be received prior to your visit. 2026-2027 reservations now open. Complete the reservation form below.

Guided Programs

ROOTED IN THE PAST: CHILDREN’S LIVES ON THE FARM

PRESCHOOL–2ND GRADE

Students explore how children used simple technologies in the past to accomplish daily chores. Tours focus on daily life on the 4.5-acre farm with six hands-on stations.

Fifteen-minute stations could include meeting the animals, experiencing the one-room schoolhouse, washing laundry, feeding the chickens, milking Buttermilk (a mechanical cow), and planting seeds. Preschool and kindergarten classes will hear a story in the schoolhouse. 1st and 2nd graders will explore school artifacts.

Guided Programs

LIFE ON THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE

3RD-5TH GRADE

Students explore technologies used on the farm to better understand how Texans have adapted to their environment over time. The tour features six stations throughout the 4.5-acre historic farmstead.

Fifteen-minute stations could include exploring the historic Farrell-Wilson House (first floor only), meeting the animals, experiencing a lesson in the one-room schoolhouse, washing laundry, feeding the chickens, and plowing and planting a field.