Field Trips

We have everything you need for a successful field trip for children up to age 8. With 17 hands-on exhibits to explore, your group is sure to find plenty to investigate and discover during their visit.

The engaging, developmentally appropriate and hands-on environment allows children to discover that Kohl Children’s Museum is not just any museum. It’s their museum!

Self-Guided Field Trips

These trips encourage children to explore the Museum at their own pace. All Museum exhibits include elements appropriate for the developmental needs of children from birth to age 8.

Self-Guided Field Trips Include:

  • 15-minute orientation
  • 1 1/2 hours to explore the interactive, hands-on exhibits
  • Option to utilize lunch room for 1⁄2 hour (must be reserved in advance)

Fee: $5 per child

Minimum group size is 10
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Focused Field Trips

These trips provide hands-on learning experiences that expand on concepts integrated into the Museum exhibits. These are designed to meet the developmental needs of young children up to age 8.

Focused Field Trips Include:

  • 15-minute orientation
  • 45-minute guided workshop conducted by a Museum Educator
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  • 45 minutes of Museum exploration
  • Pre- and post-visit extension materials
  • Option to utilize lunch room for 1⁄2 hour (must be reserved in advance)

Fee: $7 per child

Minimum group size is 16
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In-School Museum Experiences

Kohl Children’s Museum can bring a field trip experience to your school!
A Museum educator will conduct any of our fourteen focused field trips right in the classroom.

In-School Museum Experiences Include:

  • 45-minute guided workshop conducted by a Museum Educator
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  • All supplies and supporting materials for the workshop
  • Pre- and post-visit extension materials
Fee:
$200 (within 10 miles*)
$225 (10-20 miles*)
$250 (20-25 miles*)
Second Session:
$175 (same day and location)

* All distances are calculated from the Museum. Schools over 25 miles away will be considered on a case by case basis.

Maximum group size is 25.
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>> Read about one Libertyville classroom’s experience with our In-School Museum Experiences