Aamodt's Apple Farm  
 Apples for Minnesota (U of M)   Tour the orchard to see apple trees loaded with ripening fruit. Help make apple cider in an old-time cider press. Try an apple taste test, learn about apple blossom pollination, and taste apple cider. Take home an apple!
 Afton Apple Orchard  
 Alexander Ramsey House   On fieldtrips to the Alexander Ramsey House, students see and hear what growing up was like for Alexander Ramsey's grandchildren, Anita, Laura, and Alexander Ramsey Furness.Students take a tour with our expert costumed guides and learn how their lives compare to the Ramsey family and servants. Students also sample a cookie prepared in our wood-burning stove while learning how the Ramsey's up-to-date kitchen operated.
 American Swedish Institute   The American Swedish Institute offers a variety of programs for your school or youth group! Choose from one of the Youth Tour options listed below. A School Program about immigration or Swedish traditions (at right) can be included as part of your visit to the Turnblad Mansion, or we can bring the program to you. A Dramatic Presentation is a very special option that will bring your group’s imagination to life.
 Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 1   There is a 30-minute tour called the Visitor Promenade offering a bird's-eye view of the locking procedure and other topics ranging from barge traffic in the transportation network to the Army Corps of Engineers 9-foot channel project. Lock and Dam No. 1 is one of the steps in the "stairway of water" on the Mississippi River that makes possible the travel of barges from St. Anthony to the Gulf of Mexico. Commercial barges carried over 15 million tons of commodities through the Lock. Among the commodities are: coal, burner oils, grain, and aggregate products. Lock and Dam No. 1 provides for both commercial and recreational uses. Along with the commercial barges are recreational crafts ranging from canoes and rafts to houseboats and sleek powerboats.
 Audubon Center of the North Woods (Sandstone, MN)   Our 535 acre site includes a variety of wetlands, forests and prairies. Staff uses the outdoors as the primary classroom and students are outside for the majority of classes. In addition to the great outdoors, we feature a variety of indoor areas including a wildlife classroom, wetlands cabin, science and international classrooms and a yurt.
 Bakken Library and Museum of Electricity in Life   The Bakken offers a variety of education programs designed to spark the interest of children, youth, families and teachers.
 Ballet Minnesota   Ballet Minnesota is dedicated to creating and sharing artistry in dance through public presentations and education. Contact Ellen Cochran if you would like to bring a school to see a Ballet Minnesota performance.
 Battle Creek Regional Park   Battle Creek Regional Park consists of 1,840 acres of natural area located just outside a highly developed urban environment. Extensive areas of woods, wetlands, and grassland attract many species of wildlife. Trails offer visitors the opportunity to see: deer, fox, herons, egrets and hawks along with the beauty of the vegetation. Picnic shelters are available with one large pavilion accommodating groups of up to 500 people. The pavilion and picnic shelters are available for reservations.
 Camp St Croix (Hudson, WI)   Camp St. Croix is an ideal location to introduce students to the wonders of the natural world. This unique setting is home to a diverse combination of wildlife and ecosystems. While attending an Environmental Education program at YMCA Camp St. Croix, students will have the opportunity to study a bald eagle's nest, track deer along the river's edge and observe a wide range of animals, including hawks, owls, raccoons, red fox and rabbits. Ecosystems available for study include restored prairies, converted farmlands, ravines, coniferous and deciduous forest, a small pond and over one mile of shoreline on the St. Croix.
 Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary   The Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, located along the north shore of the Mississippi River east of downtown Saint Paul, was a significant site for Native Americans. Wakan Tipi (Spirit House), a cave, is located in the sandstone bluff that rims the north edge of the park. The 29 acre park is being restored to its native plant communities and the wildlife is returning. Two small ponds attract waterfowl and the uplands are home to grasslands bird species. Turkey vultures, bald eagles, and redtail hawks soar along the sandstone bluffs. A spring-fed stream runs through the property. Wakan Tipi (Carver’s Cave) is barricaded and not accessible, although the entrance is visible across a pond. Signage near the parking lot helps interpret the site.
  Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center   The mission of the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center is to foster appreciation and inspire stewardship of the natural world through quality environmental education, conservation practices, and outdoor experiences for visitors of all ages and capabilities. At CNC, professional staff conduct quality environmental education programs for over 10,000 students and their teachers each year. Each program is designed to supplement classroom studies through hands-on learning in the outdoor classroom.
 Camp Widjiwagan (Ely, MN)   Minnesota's northern forests are truly a place for curiosity, discovery and exploration. Since 1973, Widjiwagan has offered school groups from 10-90 students the opportunity to experience the magic and wonder of the north through our residential environmental education program.
 Como Planetarium   Como Planetarium is a program of St. Paul Public Schools and is located in Como Elementary School. The 60 seat planetarium is large enough for two or three classes. It has been in operation since 1975 and has served more than 600,000 students.
 Como Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory   Como Park Zoo and Conservatory is as a place of discovery, understanding and respect of nature. Como Zoo is home to many animals and offers the abundant beauty of flowers, trees, and plants in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory - many of which are threatened or endangered.
 Crosby Nature Center/Hidden Falls Regional Park   There are 6.7 miles of paved trails throughout Crosby Farm-Hidden Falls park traversing a beautiful natural setting. Trails run along shady, wooded bottomlands next to the Mississippi River, along the marshes of Crosby Lake and Upper Lake, past scenic picnic areas and connecting to the Mississippi River Boulevard. There is a Nature Center at Crosby and a picnic shelter.
 Dakota City   Dakota City is a 1900 era agricultural village and museum. Twenty-two buildings in the village, including an operational blacksmith shop, newspaper office, church and school represent the business and social center of a rural 1900 era community. Educational programs are available for elementary school classes. There are three programs: Hands On History, One Room Schoolhouse, Village Experience
 Dakota County Parks "Forever Wild" Educational Programs   Extend your teaching beyond the walls of the classroom. Take your students on a Dakota County field trip! Most field trip curriculum is aligned to the State Graduation Standards and specifically to the FOSS Kits (Full Option Science System). Professional field trip facilitators present materials at an age appropriate level.
 Dakota County Parks - Lebanon Hills Visitor Center   The Lebanon Hills Visitor Center is the gateway to the beautiful, 2,000-acre Lebanon Hills Regional Park. The Visitor Center serves as a Minnesota model for sustainability. The Center showcases several green building features such as a vegetative roof, rain garden, and day lighting.
 Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center (Lonsdale, MN)   Students are immersed in full days of environmental science, outdoor skills, challenge skills, or cultural programming.
 Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary   The 15-acre garden is the oldest public wildflower garden in the nation. Its legacy dates back to 1907 when Minneapolis botanist Eloise Butler and botany teachers successfully petitioned the Minneapolis Park Board to create a natural botanic garden to preserve native flora as the city grew. Three acres of bog, meadow and hillside were properly fenced and the Wild Botanic Garden opened April 27, 1907. The Garden is home to over 500 plant species and 140 bird species. It provides 60,000 visitors annually with spectacular seasonal displays of native wildflowers in woodland, wetland and prairie areas. Each area creates a different habitat that fosters different types of plants, animals and birds. The 2/3-mile trail* features 49 interpretive stations for guided and self-guided tours. Nestled in the garden is the Martha Crone Visitor’s Shelter where you will find natural history displays, natural history reference materials and friendly staff and volunteers waiting to help with Garden-related questions.The 2/3-mile trail* features 49 interpretive stations for guided and self-guided tours. Nestled in the garden is the Martha Crone Visitor’s Shelter where you will find natural history displays, natural history reference materials and friendly staff and volunteers waiting to help with Garden-related questions.
 Festival of Nations   Established in 1932 by the International Institute of Minnesota, the Festival of Nations is designed to bring Americans of all backgrounds together - native and naturalized citizens alike - to share the ties with our past and take pride in the richness of diverse cultures in our community. At the 2009 Festival of Nations, 90 different ethnic groups from around the world will share their foods, crafts and traditions that form the mosaic of our American culture.April 30, May 1, 2 & 3, 2009. Student Days: April 30 & May 1, 2009.
 Firefighters Hall & Museum   Among the Museum's goals is collaboration with teachers to bring classes to the museum for both and educational and enjoyable experience.
 Fort Snelling   Visit Historic Fort Snelling for a unique 19th century program on daily life at a frontier fort.Costumed staff will help your students discover the everyday lives of soldiers, traders, officers, servants, and slaves who lived at the Fort from 1820-1840. Students help the laundress, march with the soldiers, visit the kitchens and meet the Snellings during their 90-minute tour.
 Fort Snelling State Park   The park is located in the Mississippi River Sandplains Landscape Region at the confluence of two great rivers, the Minnesota and the Mississippi. Most of the park is on the Minnesota River floodplain. The riverine environment hosts large cottonwood, silver maple, ash, and willow trees along the braided channels of the Minnesota River.
 Gale Woods Farm   Located on picturesque Whaletail Lake in Minnetrista, Gale Woods is a 410-acre park that features a working educational farm. The farm provides opportunities for visitors of all ages to enjoy experiences that enhance their understanding of agriculture, food production and land stewardship.
 Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life   The Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life is a historic museum interpreting the real life relationship of the Gibbs family and Cloud Man’s band of Dakotah living in the mid 1800’s. The museum consists of the Gibbs family farm house, one-room school house and tipi nestled in a reconstructed prairie. Tours of the site are offered May through October.
 Harriet Alexander Nature Center   HANC offers year-round environmental education for people of all ages and abilities. The exhibits and displays inside HANC's interpretive center offer a close-up opportunity to study plant and animal life.
 Hennepin History Museum   The Hennepin History Museum is one of the Twin Cities' most unique social history museums. We offer superb exhibits, an historic mansion setting, and archival collections of priceless scholarly value. HHM has evolved from the Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers Association in 1858 to the County Historical Society in 1938 to an award-winning history museum embracing a diverse range of cultures and social histories. Our exhibition and education programs have grown from a focus on original Hennepin County settlers to documenting the wide range of people who make up the county today. As one of Minnesota's most rapidly growing and diverse counties, Hennepin includes urban, suburban, and rural communities. You can find all of these stories in the exhibits, library, and outreach programs at the Hennepin History Museum.
 Henry Hastings Sibley House   In Mendota, one of the state's oldest settlements, stand four simple limestone buildings from the era when the American Fur Company operated a regional trade with the Dakota, between 1825 and 1853. The home of Henry Hastings Sibley, the company's young regional manager, was begun in 1838. A noted monument since its period of construction, the house evolved during Sibley's 20-some years there, as the isolated Mendota trading post became part of a bustling territory. Sibley's office as first state governor is located in one ell of the home.
 Highpoint Center for Printmaking   Highpoint will work collaborativly with educators and schools to tailor these options to fit your specific curriculum needs, budget, and schedule. Activities are organized by learning levels that are flexible, and presented to provide a general guideline. Project complexity and challenge increases with the age of the visitors and number of visits.
 Hillcrest Center Theatre - Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company   Shows are most often presented in the intimate, 149-seat Hillcrest Center Theater at 1978 Ford Parkway in the Highland area of St. Paul. With all seats close to the action, the consistently acclaimed work mesmerizes the youngest child through the oldest adult.
 History Theatre (Formerly Great American History Theatre)   Since its inception in 1978, History Theatre has always included in its season plays specifically geared to help educators bring learning alive in the classroom. Our plays are appropriate for grades 4-12, as well as college students.
 Hugo Animal Farm   Hugo Animal Farm, Inc. has been providing schools with guided educational farm tours for over 30 years. All tours are guided by people who are familiar with farm operations and farm animals to provide a safe, enjoyable, and educational experience.
 Indian Mounds Park   Mounds Park was established in 1893 and is one of the oldest parks in the region. Indian Mounds Park, situated atop Dayton's Bluff east of downtown St. Paul, is a burial site for at least two American Indian cultures. It is situated upstream from where the first historic Kaposia village site was located. At least thirty-seven mounds once stood along the bluffs of the Mounds Park area; only six remain. The park has paved trails that traverse the bluffs. There is an outstanding view of the Mississippi River and of the St. Paul and Minneapolis skylines. Picnic tables and a large pavilion are also available.
 In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theatre   Whether through hands-on workshops or captivating theatrical productions, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre delivers exceptional learning experiences to students of all ages, abilities, and adaptive styles.
 James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History (University of Minnsota)   The Bell Museum's educational programs are designed to ensure relevance to life both in and outside the classroom. Each class is welcomed into a nurturing learning environment in which their experience can be tailored to specific classroom learning objectives and teaching initiatives. Facilitated, interactive program and small leader-student ratios ensure effective teaching and learning success for students from preschool through grade 12.
 James J. Hill House   The James J. Hill House offers many ways for students to learn about the Gilded Age.Age-appropriate guided tours of the Summit Avenue mansion built for “Empire Builder” James J. Hill and his family. Tours emphasize the life and career of Hill, family and servant life, the architecture and interior design of the house, and the technological systems that provided heat, power, light, and communication for a “Gilded Age” home in the era of industrialization.
 John Rose Oval   Since it's opening in 1994, the OVAL has hosted numerous local, state, regional, national and international events. Current and past U.S. Speedskaters have trained at the OVAL and hold track records and the U.S. Women's Bandy team trains and competes at the OVAL. Everyday, local athletes take to the ice to train, practice and compete. The OVAL offers something for all interests, something for all abilities, something for EVERYONE! Ice sports — speedskating, hockey, bandy and figure skating. Aggressive sports — inline skating, biking and skateboarding. Recreational sports — walking, running and leisure skating.
 Julian H. Sleeper House   Julian H. Sleeper was an important local hotel owner and entrepreneur. Nine exhibition rooms display Gilded Age decorative arts, including furniture, lighting, wallpaper and carpets. There is an extensive collection of President Garfield memorabilia, Roseville pottery and vintage postcards. Tours are available year-round by appointment. Special exhibition on Slovenia is now permanent.
 John H. Stevens House (MInnehaha Park)   Come to Historic John H. Stevens House Museum and explore the history of Minneapolis, in the place where ordinary people dreamed up a brand new city and turned it into reality. Learn about the courage and imagination that turned a lonely prairie into a bustling city! One of the top ten places to visit in Minneapolis!
 Junior Achievement BizTown   JA BizTown is a kid-sized city within Junior Achievement headquarters in Maplewood, Minn. Capstone programs are the culmination of classroom-based economic curriculum where students leave their classrooms for a simulated real-world experience at JA's experiential learning lab.
 KSTP (Channel 5) and KSTC (Channel 45) Station Tour Request   Form for requesting school group tours of KSTP and KSTC Studios.
 Landmark Center   The Landmark Center is home to the Ramsey County Historical Society, Schubert Club, American Association of Woodturners Galleries, Landmark Center Archive Gallery 150 Years of Postal Service in Saint Paul, COMPAS/United Arts, Historic Saint Paul Organization, Minnesota Boychoir, Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, The Rose Ensemble, Saint Paul City Ballet, Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, and Skylark Opera.
 Lee and Rose Warner Nature Center   The Lee & Rose Warner Nature Center provides an ideal location for your class to visit over 600 acres of forest, grassland, bog, and lakes. Our program curriculum ties in with your classroom learning and provided students with memorable emotional and educational touchstones that help connect to classroom concepts long after their visit ends.
 Lilydale Regional Park   Lilydale, formerly a residential community, extends to the west of Harriet Island and is now an undeveloped floodplain area, 2 1/2 miles in length and 1/2 miles in width. Within its boundaries are found a l00 acre lake and connected pond and approximately l00 acres each of marsh and wooded areas that provide habitat for a variety of water fowl, mammals and vegetation. A boat launch has just recently been constructed on the Mississippi River, and a trail system is planned. Lilydale is also the site of the former Twin City Brick Co. which mined the bluff for clay for almost l00 years. The mining operations exposed extensive fossil beds, and the area has become well known among paleontologists.
 Long Lake Conservation Camp (McGregor MN)   Environmental education programs for visiting student groups are taught by professional naturalists and are fully accredited. The "Experience" has been operating since 1972, and serves about 6,000 students each year.
 Lowry Nature Center   Lowry Nature Center is located in the heart of Carver Park - a 3,700-acre reserve with diverse habitats including lakes, tamarack swamps, cattail marshes, and oak and maple/basswood forests. The Nature Center staff offers a wide variety of standards based, interdisciplinary educational programs that incorporate content from such diverse fields as science, history, art, and math.
 Maplewood Nature Center   Groups can enjoy Nature Center Programs year-round! From puppet shows to snowshoeing, from rain-gardening to tree-planting service projects, a naturalist can lead your group in fun, hands-on Environmental Education programs! These programs are designed to increase awareness of relationships between people, organisms and the environment.
 Mayo Clinic High School Career Awareness Visit (Rochester, MN)   Mayo Clinic has structured traditional high school tour requests into a more formal, career awareness program known as the High School Career Awareness/Educational Visit. The purpose of this program is to provide career awareness experience that matches student interests.
 Mill City Museum   School visits to Mill City Museum bring history alive to students through historical documents, hands-on activities and walking through the ruins of a flour mill. Activities for museum visits are designed to be age appropriate. Themed visits include a guided lesson, scavenger hunt in the exhibits, Flour Tower multimedia show, "Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat" movie, and lunch time.
 Minneapolis Institute of Arts   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, one of the leading comprehensive fine-art museums in the country, houses nearly 80,000 works of art, representing more than 5,000 years of world art and culture. Explore all of the treasures it has to offer, including rare paintings, architecture, sculpture, photography and more.
 Minnehaha Depot   The Minnehaha Depot, or “Princess” depot, is a jewel of days gone by on the Milwaukee Road railway. Formerly a bustling transportation hub, the Minnehaha Depot is located along modern day Highway 55 in South Minneapolis’ Minnehaha Park. The depot is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society and operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum.
 Great River Water Park (Oxford Community Center)   Great River Water Park is a Saint Paul Parks and Recreation facility with large water slides, large pool, and children's activity pool.
 Minnesota Air National Guard Museum  
 Minnesota Center for Book Arts   Whether for one class or your entire school, MCBA standard youth workshops can be held at our studios or at your school. For a more in-depth book arts experience, consider starting with a papermaking or printing workshop at MCBA studios and completing your bookmaking workshop back at school. Papermaking and printing workshops are held at our studios. Bookbinding workshops are held at our studios and at offsite locations. MCBA instructors can bring all bookbinding materials and tools to your classroom, library or community center.
 Minnesota Children's Museum   The Museum provides a fun-focused informal environment that works alongside education, families and communities to give kids the necessary jumpstart they need to pursue a lifelong love of learning.
 Minnesota Judicial Center   Judges and justices at the Minnesota Judicial Center in St. Paul host numerous tour groups throughout the year. The Speakers Bureau can help you schedule a Judicial Center tour.
 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (University of Minnesota - Chaska, MN)   Visit the Arboretum during the Fall, Winter, or Spring and treat students to a hands-on, real plants, learning experience. Check out our regular complement of standards based programs for all seasons. The Arboretum offers a variety of opportunities for you to meet learning standards and testing goals and provides hands-on experiences to connect curriculum and expose students to the cultural institutions in their community.
 Minnesota Museum of American Art   Students are invited to participate in exhibition tours. Tours at the MMAA assist classroom art education by fostering significant relationships with art that encourages understanding. Free guided tours of the exhibition are available for school groups and transportation subsidies may also be available.
 Minnesota Orchestra   The Minnesota Orchestra has been committed to the idea that classical music makes a positive difference in young lives since our first Young People's Concert in 1911. Our mission is to bring classical music into the ever-changing community, expanding opportunities for individuals to participate in, experience, enjoy and be challenged by this art form.
 Minnesota State Capitol   There are few buildings in the state as beautiful as the Minnesota State Capitol! See the soaring domes, the awe-inspiring rotunda, the historic chambers where state government is conducted, and enjoy the history and art of the capitol.
 Minnesota Transportation Museum Jackson Street Roundhouse   The Great Northern Railway’s historic Jackson Street Roundhouse, a former steam engine maintenance facility, provides a unique opportunity for kids of all ages to experience railroading in the Twin Cities and Upper Midwest.
 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refruge   The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge offers an outdoor classroom that offers standard-based curriculum and diverse habitats to enhance your classroom learning.
 Minnesota Zoo   The goal of the Minnesota Zoo's Education Department is to increase understanding of, and responsibility for, local and global animal species and ecosystems -- strengthening the bond between people and the living earth.
 Minnetonka Orchard   The one hour School Field Trip at Minnetonka Orchards includes an experienced guide who will talk, sing, and interact with students about the orchard, how it got started, what it takes to grow apples, and the job of our bees and beekeeper. Then studnets will observe the different types of apples, our grading barn and discuss how the apples are washed, sorted and graded. We also show an 1800’s vintage cider press and talk about how cider is made. Students then board the hay wagons for a fun hayride through the orchard.
 Mississippi River Visitor Center   Located in downtown St. Paul, just off the lobby of the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Mississippi River Visitor Center serves as a gateway to adventure along the Mighty Mississippi. Operated by the National Park Service and staffed with park rangers, the Visitor Center is free and open to the public.
 Murphy's Landing   Experience Minnesota history first-hand at our recreated 1800s farms and village. Costumed interpretive staff brings pioneer and settlement era to life for your students. Discover what life was like for these early Minnesota settlers.
 Olson Gallery   Bethel University’s on-campus Olson Gallery presents exhibitions by nationally and internationally established artists that stimulate engagement and dialogue with current issues in art and culture.
 Northern Clay Center  
 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts   Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is Minnesota's Premier Performing Arts Center
 O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (College of Saint Catherine)  
 Padelford Packet Boat Company Mississippi River Cruises   More than 700,000 students have learned about the Mississippi River and the history of the St. Paul area aboard one of the Padelford Riverboats since 1970. The 90-minute narrated cruise travels through the heavily wooded Great River National Park where wildlife is abundant. Students depart from Harriet Island Regional Park in downtown St. Paul and travel up river past the St. Paul High Bridge, an operational Railroad 'swing' bridge, Pig’s Eye’s Cave, Pike Island and Fort Snelling.
 Park Saquare Theatre   Park Square Theatre's award-winning education programs serve students in grades 7-12, offering discounted tickets to professional productions of literary classics and contemporary issue-oriented plays, as well as enrichment programs that broaden the theatrical experience. Our Immersion Day program creates unique opportunities for students to participate in workshops with teaching artists and to talk with the cast and creative team after they see the production. The Theature has served over 211,000 students since 1995.
 Pavek Museum of Broadcasting   The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting has over 12,000 square feet of antique radios, televisions, and broadcast equipment. The Museum's collection is one of the largest and finest of its kind in the world. For example, the Minnesota Room represents more than sixty radio and television manufacturers that did business here in the 1920s.Since 1991, our staff has performed more than three thousand workshops for more than sixty thousand school children.
 Penumbra Theatre   Penumbra Theatre's Education and Outreach department expands the possibilities for imagination. Audiences and artists are asked to push beyond the thoughts and feelings that our main stage plays stir up, challenging us to realize a world where social action creates true and lasting change.
 Pinehaven Farm (Wyomng MN)   Pinehaven doesall farming without the use of chemicals. Students learn first hand about many of the steps involved in Christmas Tree Farming. As part of the tour students will learn how to plant and care for young pine seedlings. Each member of a reserved group will receive a small seedling to take home and plant. Students will get a "Real" farm experience on our real working farm. At Pinehaven there are many of the favorite animals you may remember from Grandpa's farm (cows, chickens, ducks, goats and turkeys) as well as some rare & endangered farm breeds.
 Pine Tree Apple Orchard   Educational school tours enjoy visiting the orchard. We concentrate on education and fun.
 Raptor Center   Visit The Raptor Center and have an up-close experience with live raptors that you will always remember. Learn about the different raptors found in Minnesota and their role in the environment. Discover key features of all raptors and why they are different from other birds. Explore the positive and negative impact humans have on our environment, and be inspired by some of The Raptor Center's contributions to great environmental success stories, such as the recovery of the peregrine falcon and bald eagle.
 Richardson Nature Center   Richardson Nature Center offers performance-based curricula with pre- and post-activities and teacher-led options. Students have direct experiences in an authentic setting where they develop a better understanding of the natural world. Field trips to Richardson Nature Center provide unique learning experiences, develop environmental awareness, and promote citizen involvement.
 Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra   The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra nurtures an active commitment to arts education and outreach with its CONNECT program in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools, Start the Music!, xplorchestra! and Ordway Family Concerts are also wonderful educational experiences.
 Saint Paul City Hall/Ramsey County Courthouse Tours   The building opened in 1932 and is an American Art Deco “Skyscraper Style” building. The Art Deco emphasizes dramatic lighting, geometric progression of spaces, clean and crisp dramatic lines including light fixtures, stair railings, door handles, etc. The building features 23 kinds of woods from 18 countries and marbles from all over the world. The building combines a county court house and city hall where government functions take place including policy decisions, day-to-day administration for both the City and County and court proceedings.
 Saint Paul Fire Department   Tours of individual Fire Stations are available by contacting the station. Address and phone number is available by clicking each station link.
 Schubert Club Museum   French horns, guitars, guiros, violins, drums and clarinets swirl up a cone-shaped sculpture that greets you as you enter the Schubert Club Museum. After passing the tornado of instruments, you enter the museum's largest room. It is lined with keyboard instruments ranging from a 1685 Italian harpsichord to an all-wood incarnation of the modern piano, an 1869 Streicher. Want to hear what they sound like? There's a push-button display featuring University of St. Thomas professor James Callahan playing pieces from their periods, as well as a variation that Mozart created on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." The next gallery features a collection of letters from various composers. One glass case contains correspondence about money, another love and war, the last celebrating successes and lamenting failures. With the help of English translations posted above the letters, you'll find Mozart sending love to his wife, Joseph Haydn encouraging a musical godson and PeterTchaikovsky recommending his freshly completed "Nutcracker." The recital tradition is the focus of a smaller room holding an 1830 piano once played by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. When you step into the room, the sound of chamber music fills the air, mixed with the buzz of conversation you might have heard at a 19th-century salon. The netx gallery contains early phoographs, as well as music boxes the size of a modern television. The Schubert Club also has an ample collection of Indonesian instruments. The final gallery contains some of the wild instruments that Arthur Ferris created in the first half of the 20th century are on display. Between a combination cello-harp and a three-necked violin, you'll find Ferris' creations to be Picasso-esque in their splicing of the real and abstract.
 Science Museum of Minnesota   The Science Museum of Minnesota features dinosaurs, the Omnitheater & hands-on exhibits.
 Starbase Minnesota   STARBASE is an exciting and rigorous science, math, technology and engineering program that strengthens skills, increases motivation and expands opportunities for inner city youth. Students, grades 4-6, think like scientists and engineers, experimenting and exploring the wonders of flight and space. STARBASE puts the fun back into learning! Students discover solutions to real scientific problems and experience math and technology as essential tools in the process. They experiment with rockets, gliders, wind tunnels, vacuum pumps, and Newton's carts. They explore aircraft, map the surface of Mars, program rovers and perform missions in space. Students conduct computer simulations and use engineer software to design and manufacture aerospace equipment.
 SteppingStone Theatre   SteppingStone Theatre produces six shows each year that truly reflect the culture of St. Paul and the region.
 Tamarack Nature Center   Tamarack offers year-round programs that provide authentic experiences for extending and deepening students' understanding of the natural world.
 Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center i   A 320 acre nature center in West St. Paul, MN. Features a preschool, model farm, prairies, wetlands, and wooded areas for education and enjoyment.
 Twin Cities Brick Company - Lillydale Regional Park   The Brickyard was the site of the Twin Cities Brick Company, which was founded in 1894 and continued to make bricks until the 1970s. The interest in brick-making boomed after a number of local villages and cities, constructed primarily of wood, burned during catastrophic fires during the late 1800s. Visitors to the site can still see ruins of a brick kiln at the base of the bluff and several quarries higher on the hill. The Twin Cities Brick Company supplied bricks used in building numerous buildings around the Twin Cities, including the St. Paul Hotel. A level trail leads from the parking lot (be prepared for mud during inclement weather) to the brick kiln. Visitors can hike a graveled trail from the kiln up the steep hill to the quarries. Fossil collecting near the quarries is permitted, but this activitiy requires a permit.
 Tyrone Guthrie Theatre   Since our founding in 1963, teachers have played a vital role at the Guthrie. Teachers have introduced generations of young people to the excitement and inspiration of live theater. Our school-based partnerships touch every corner of the state and region and serve more than 100,000 young people each year.
 Underwater Adventures   Bring your classroom to see over 4,500 sea creatures and touch real sharks and stingrays. Personal guided tours and Behind-the-Scenes tours are available. Educator workshops and open houses give you the tools to teach your students about the underwater world.
 Valley Branch Environmental Learning Center   The facilities are made up of a 5,000 square foot main classroom building, an additional classroom that serves as the hub for our special education programs, 8 miles of trails through a terrain of a prairie, oak savannas, pine forests, oak forests, ponds, a marsh, and a stream. Approximately 2 miles of this is hard surfaced specifically to allow ease of access by wheelchairs. Since 1971, approximately 10,000 students per year visit Valley Branch ELC.
 Valley Fair Amusement Park   Take advantage of the deepest discount Valleyfair offers when you schedule a trip for your K-12 student group of 15 or more. Our Student Plan includes K-12 school groups, youth groups and student activity groups. Student pricing is only for a limited time in May and June. As well as receiving a discounted rate on Student Plan tickets, we'll provide one courtesy ticket for every 15 student tickets purchased. (Courtesy tickets have no cash value and are only valid on the date of the event.) Curriculum is available on the Valley Fair website that will turn the field trip into an exciting educational experience.
 Voyageur Environmental Center   VEC is a year-round Environmental Education Center nestled in the heart of Minnesota on 110 beautiful acres. The hardwood forest, lake, nature trails, as well as the facilities, make VEC the ideal location for environmental education field trips. We offer a selection of over 45 informative, interactive and experientially based programs to supplement and complement your instructional objectives. Many groups also participate in our other camp activities during their visit.
 Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden   The Walker is a place where art, ideas and audiences come together. Enjoy galleries brimming with modern and contemporary art by today's most dynamic artists: films; music, dance and theater performances; and dramatic lounges and outdoor terraces with spectacular city and garden views.
 Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota)   The Weisman Art Museum is an active learning environment where visual art acts as a catalyst for keen observation, critical thinking, creative writing, and lively discussions.
 Wildlife Science Center   The primary goal of the Wildlife Science Center is to provide science education programs for K-12 students. Educational programs were developed to give students a broad and realistic picture of nature and science.
 Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center (Finland, MN)   Wolf Ridge is an accredited residential nature center that immerses students with direct, hands on, experiences with Nature.
 Wood Lake Nature Center   Professionally-trained naturalists lead programs year-round for children of all abilities (ages 4 and up). Classes are usually 1½ hours in length and have a naturalist/participant ratio of 1:15. Registration is done on a quarterly basis, with preference given to Richfield-based groups. Please try to call several months in advance to schedule a trip.
 Works Museum - A Technology Discovery Center   Find out how things work in this hands-on, minds-on museum as you explore optics and images, simple machines, structures, animation and more. The Works is a non-profit educational organization that makes science, math and engineering interesting, understandable and fun.